Inambari Woodcreeper

Overview

The Inambari woodcreeper, Lepidocolaptes fatimalimae, is a small bird in the ovenbird family Furnariidae found in the western Amazon Basin. It was recognised as a distinct species in 2013 following a reevaluation of the lineated woodcreeper.

Identification

• 17 to 19 cm long and slim, with a slim decurved bill.
• Adults have a dark russet-brown face, crown, and nape, with a plain buffy throat.
• Underparts are grayish brown to olive-brown with bold, brownish-edged, buff to creamy white streaks.
• Song is a soft trill of 16–37 notes that trails off at the end.

Habitat

Found in western Amazon Basin regions of eastern Peru, northern and central Bolivia, and western Brazil south of the Amazon River. It primarily inhabits tall primary and mature secondary forest, favouring the interior and edges, and rarely occurs in younger secondary forest or shade coffee plantations.

Diet

The diet consists primarily of arthropods, usually foraged singly or in pairs within mixed-species feeding flocks. It hitches along the undersides of branches in the sub-canopy and canopy, picking, probing, and prying prey from the bark.

Did you know?

The species' scientific name honours Fátima Lima, manager of bird collections at the Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi.