Family Ovenbirds (Furnariidae)
Least Concern
Tawny-winged Woodcreeper (Dendrocincla anabatina)
Taxonomy
French: Grimpar à ailes rousses German: Hellschwingen-Baumsteiger Spanish: Trepatroncos sepia
Taxonomy:
Dendrocincla anabatina
P. L. Sclater
, 1859,Omoa, Cortés, Honduras
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Subspecies and Distribution
D. a. anabatina
P. L. Sclater, 1859 – Caribbean slope from S Mexico (SE Veracruz and N Oaxaca E to S Quintana Roo) S & E to E Nicaragua.
D. a. typhla
Oberholser, 1904 – Yucatán Peninsula (E Yucatán, N Campeche, N Quintana Roo).
D. a. saturata
Carriker, 1910 – Pacific slope of Costa Rica (S from Gulf of Nicoya) and W Panama (W Chiriquí).
Descriptive notes
17–19 cm; male 34–42 g, female 29–39 g (anabatina). Medium-sized woodcreeper with straight bill, relatively short tail, slightly crested appearance... read more
Voice
Song an extended rattle lasting to 70–80 seconds that sometimes stutters or changes cadence... read more
Habitat
Humid evergreen forest; also mangroves and, on Yucatán Peninsula, semi-deciduous forest. Primarily... read more
Food and feeding
Largely insectivorous, but small vertebrates (especially lizards) and some vegetable matter also taken. Prey taken when feeding over army... read more
Breeding
Newly hatched young in late May and dependent juvenile in mid-Jul in Belize; nest preparation beginning late Feb, eggs laid early Mar to... read more
Movements
Resident; individuals recaptured at same site in Belize both in same and in subsequent seasons,... read more
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. Fairly common to common within humid forest over most of range from Mexico S to Costa Rica, but rare in deciduous forest in Yucatán Peninsula; less... read more
See D. tyrannina. Race saturata sometimes merged with nominate, but darker, more olive upperparts and allopatric distribution support recognition as separate race. Three subspecies recognized.