Planalto Woodcreeper
09 February 2010 13:34 Filed in: Passeriformes Furnariidae Woodcreepers Brazil Rio de Janeiro Itatiaia
Photo copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy • Images: Itatiaia November 2009
Bird name: Planalto Woodcreeper
Latin: Dendrocolaptes platyrostris
Other: Arapaçu-grande (Br)
Family: Furnariidae • Woodcreepers
The Planalto Woodcreeper is a large woodcreeper (26 cm). It has an off-white throat and black bill with light tip. The type pictured here has a darkly streaked head and finely streaked back and barred belly and vent, visible in the photo below.
The Planalto Woodcreeper lives in southeast Brazil and neighbouring regions.
The Woodcreepers have been merged from their own Dendrocolaptidae family to the Ovenbird family Furnariidae.
