Animalia Life
Campylorhamphus trochilirostris
TAXONOMY
Campylorhamphus trochilirostris M.H.K. Lichtenstein, 1820.
OTHER COMMON NAMES
English: Black-billed scythebill; French: Grimpar а bec rouge;
German: Rotrьcken-Sensenschnabel; Trauersensenschnabel;
Spanish: Picapalo Rojizo.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Body length 9.5–11 in (24–28 cm). A large woodcreeper with a
long tail and a slender, long, strongly downcurved, reddish bill
(length 2.5–3.5 in; 6.5–9 cm). The back and tail are colored rufous-
brown, with lighter cinnamon-brown underparts, and
brown-and-white streaked head and throat.
DISTRIBUTION
Occurs widely in three disjunct regions, including areas in
Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil,
Paraguay, and northern Argentina.
HABITAT
Inhabits lowland humid tropical forest, mature secondary forest,
open woodland, and montane forest as high as about 6,600
ft (2,000 m).
BEHAVIOR
Usually occurs singly or in pairs, but may accompany mixedspecies
foraging flocks. The song is a series of ascending or descending
musical notes.
FEEDING ECOLOGY AND DIET
Forages for arthropods on tree-trunks and stout branches.
REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY
Lays two or three eggs in a nest in a tree-cavity or abandoned
woodpecker hole. The sexes share incubation and care of the
nestlings.
CONSERVATION STATUS
Not threatened. A widespread and locally abundant species.
SIGNIFICANCE TO HUMANS
None known.
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