Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper
Lochmias nematura (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)
Furnariidae — Ovenbirds
Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper, Lochmias nematura, is a passerine in the ovenbird family Furnariidae, breeding in South America across the north, west and south-east. It is a bird of streams and small rivers with thick undergrowth, and in the mountains it uses montane evergreen forest. In the south-east it occurs in lowland evergreen forest and mature secondary forest. It is the only species in its genus. The species has a long, slightly curved bill and a tail that looks spiny because the feather tips are bare.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Furnariidae — Ovenbirds
- Breeding range
- South America: n, w, se
