Cocoa Woodcreeper
A species of Thick-billed Streaked Woodcreepers Scientific name : Xiphorhynchus susurrans Genus : Thick-billed Streaked Woodcreepers
Cocoa Woodcreeper, A species of Thick-billed Streaked Woodcreepers
Botanical name: Xiphorhynchus susurrans
Genus: Thick-billed Streaked Woodcreepers
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Description General Info
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Description
It is typically 23 cm long, and weighs 37 g. The head and neck are buff-streaked dark brown, the upper back is liver-brown, and the rest of the upperparts, wings and tail are rufous. The underparts are olive-brown with buff streaks on the breast. The bill is long, black, slightly decurved, and hooked at the tip. The normal call is a loud kew-kew-kew-kew. 
Size
26 cm
Nest Placement
Tree
Feeding Habits
Cocoa Woodcreeper consumes a varied diet, mainly consisting of arthropods and occasionally small vertebrates. Foraging by probing into crevices, cocoa Woodcreeper eats beetles, various insects, spiders, and sometimes frogs or lizards. Its specialized feeding technique allows it to extract hidden prey.
Habitat
Cocoa Woodcreeper is typically found in lowland humid evergreen forests. Its preferred habitats include gallery forests, deciduous woodlands, and older second growths on forest edges. It occasionally ventures into mature forest interiors, young secondary growths, plantations, and clearings with scattered trees. Cocoa Woodcreeper also resides in mangroves along coastlines and adapts to arid scrub habitats on Margarita Island. Generally, this species is found at elevations below 900 meters, though it has been recorded at higher elevations in parts of Colombia and Venezuela.
Dite type
Insectivorous
General Info
Feeding Habits
Bird food type
Behavior
The cocoa woodcreeper builds a bark-lined nest in a tree hole or hollow stump and lays two white eggs. It is an insectivore which feeds on ants and other insects and spiders. It feeds low in trees or on the ground, usually alone, but groups of up to a dozen birds will follow columns of army ants.
Distribution Area
The bird breeds in tropical Central and South America in Trinidad, Tobago, northern Colombia and northern Venezuela. It is a common and widespread bird of forests and cultivated land with trees.
Species Status
Not globally threatened.
Scientific Classification
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