Tyrannine woodcreeper
Tyrannine woodcreeper | |
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Tandayapa Valley, NW Ecuador | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Furnariidae |
Genus: | Dendrocincla |
Species: | D. tyrannina
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Binomial name | |
Dendrocincla tyrannina (Lafresnaye, 1851)
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The tyrannine woodcreeper (Dendrocincla tyrannina) is a species of
Taxonomy and systematics
The tyrannine woodcreeper has two subspecies, the
Description
The tyrannine woodcreeper is rather larger and heavier than most others of its genus. It is 23 to 26.5 cm (9.1 to 10 in) long and weighs 40 to 64 g (1.4 to 2.3 oz). The sexes have the same plumage, though males average heavier than females. The nominate subspecies mostly warm brown, with a paler throat, faint buff streaks on its forecrown and behind the eye, and a
Distribution and habitat
The nominate subspecies of the tyrannine woodcreeper is found in Colombia's Western and Central Andes and south on both slopes of the Andes through Ecuador and Peru and slightly into Bolivia. D. t. hellmayri is found on the eastern slope of Colombia's Eastern Andes and in adjacent western Venezuela. The species inhabits humid temperate, subtropical, and tropical
Behavior
Movement
The tyrannine woodcreeper is a year-round resident throughout its range.[4]
Feeding
The tyrannine woodcreeper's diet has not been detailed but is assumed to be mostly insects. It usually forages singly though it does join
Breeding
Little is known about the tyrannine woodcreeper's breeding biology. It tends to be solitary which suggests that it does not form long-term pair bonds. It nests in a tree cavity with some soft material piled in the bottom; one nest in Ecuador had a single egg. Fledging occurs at least 29 days after hatch. The incubation period and details of parental care are not known.[4]
Vocalization
The tyrannine woodcreeper typically sings from the subcanopy of a ridgetop tree.[4] Its song is "a long stuttered rattle that gradually increases in pitch and volume before trailing off and slowing toward [the] end". Its call is "a fast phrase of 3-6 sharp abrupt notes, e.g., 'di-di-di-di-dik!' ".[5] It also makes "a hollow, whistled 'que-up'."[4]
Status
The
References
- ^ . Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ^ Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2023). "Ovenbirds, woodcreepers". IOC World Bird List. v 13.1. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
- ^ Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. 28 March 2023. Species Lists of Birds for South American Countries and Territories. https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCCountryLists.htm retrieved April 15, 2023
- ^ a b c d e f g h Marantz, C. A., A. Aleixo, L. R. Bevier, and M. A. Patten (2020). Tyrannine Woodcreeper (Dendrocincla tyrannina), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.tyrwoo1.01 retrieved May 23, 2023
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8014-8721-7.
- ISBN 978-0-9827615-0-2.