Long-tailed Woodcreeper (Deconychura longicauda)
About the Long-tailed Woodcreeper
The whistling long-tailed woodcreeper (Deconychura longicauda), also known as the northern long-tailed woodcreeper, is a species of bird in subfamily Dendrocolaptinae of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, and Suriname. The whistling long-tailed woodcreeper was formally described in 1868 as Dendrocincla longicauda by the Austrian ornithologist August von Pelzeln based on specimens collected in northern Brazil. The specific epithet combines Latin longus meaning "long" with cauda meaning "tail". The whistling long-tailed woodcreeper is now placed in the genus Deconychura that was introduced in 1891 by the American naturalist George Kruck Cherrie. The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.
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3 recordings on this page · licensed CC BY-SA ×3 · mirrored on this server, free for commercial reuse · recorded in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras and elsewhere · xeno-canto lists 96 recordings for this species in total.
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- American KestrelFalco sparveriusrecording
- BananaquitCoereba flaveolarecording
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- Bay-headed TanagerTangara gyrolarecording
These are the birds recorded alongside it, not close relatives — the site holds no other member of its genus or family yet.