Tyrannine Woodcreeper

Dendrocincla tyrannina (Lafresnaye, 1851)

Tyrannine Woodcreeper, Dendrocincla tyrannina, is a Furnariidae bird of montane forest in South America, breeding in Colombia and western Venezuela south through Ecuador to central Peru. It is a resident species and is found in humid temperate, subtropical and tropical forest, especially inside primary woodland, though it also uses forest edges and mature secondary growth. It is larger and heavier than most birds in its genus. The two sexes look alike, and the species has two subspecies, with the eastern form differing from the nominate in tone.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Furnariidae — Ovenbirds

Breeding range

South America: Colombia and w Venezuela to c Peru