Point-tailed Palmcreeper (Berlepschia rikeri)
About the Point-tailed Palmcreeper
The point-tailed palmcreeper or simply palmcreeper (Berlepschia rikeri) is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. The point-tailed palmcreeper is the only member of its genus and has no subspecies. Robert Ridgway initially placed it in genus Picolaptes and later created its current genus. With it Ridgway honors the ornithologist Hans von Berlepsch, who pointed out to him the significant differences of the species with the others of genus Picolaptes. The specific epithet rikeri honors C.B. Riker, who collected the type specimen that Ridgway used to describe the species.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 78 recordings for this species: 1 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Other birds you can hear here
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- American KestrelFalco sparveriusrecording
These are the birds recorded alongside it, not close relatives — the site holds no other member of its genus or family yet.