Red-billed Scythebill
A species of Scythebills Scientific name : Campylorhamphus trochilirostris Genus : Scythebills
Red-billed Scythebill, A species of Scythebills
Botanical name: Campylorhamphus trochilirostris
Genus: Scythebills
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Description
Description
The red-billed scythebill (Campylorhamphus trochilirostris) is a species of bird in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily. The red-billed scythebill is a fairly large species of woodcreeper. The total length of the species is 24–28 cm (9.5–11 in). As its name indicates, the bill is long, downcurved and reddish in coloration. The back is red-brown and the belly is lighter cinnamon-brown shade. The throat and head are covered in brown and white streaks. This species picks insects and other invertebrates out of the trunks of trees and branches of trees. The red-billed scythebill is often a solitary bird when not mating but often joins mixed-species flocks. 2 to 3 eggs are laid in an abandoned woodpecker hole or other tree cavity. Both parents participate in incubating eggs and feeding nestlings. This species is one of the most widely distributed woodcreepers. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is mostly a montane bird and can be found up to elevations of 2,000 m. 
Size
28 cm
Feeding Habits
Red-billed Scythebill primarily consumes arthropods, including beetles, ants, flies, moths, cockroaches, millipedes, and spiders. Its unique, curved bill is adapted to extract prey from bark crevices, making it a specialized forager. Occasionally, red-billed Scythebill also eats small vertebrates and scorpions.
Habitat
The red-billed Scythebill is predominantly found in a range of wooded environments across tropical lowlands and foothills up to approximately 2100 meters. It thrives in open areas, including Chaco and other open woodlands, deciduous and gallery forests. This species favors varied habitats such as the cerrado, caatinga, savanna forest islands, forest edges, secondary growths, as well as scrubby terrains. In Amazonia, red-billed Scythebill occupies seasonally flooded várzea forests and riverine cane thickets, sometimes coexisting with dense bamboo clusters. Its habitat extends from moist evergreen forests in the lowlands to premontane and cloud forests in the foothills.
Dite type
Insectivorous
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Ovenbirds Genus
Scythebills Species
Red-billed Scythebill 
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