Ovenbirds

Olivaceous Woodcreeper

Sittasomus griseicapillus

The Olivaceous Woodcreeper (Sittasomus griseicapillus) is a 13 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Ovenbirds

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

13 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

17

Recorded in Brazil, Costa Rica, Mexico, Belize, Argentina, Ecuador, Guatemala, Peru, Venezuela, Panama, Bolivia, Colombia, Paraguay, Nicaragua, Honduras, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay.

Where to see it: Curi-Cancha Refugio de Vida Silvestre (Costa Rica); Floresta Estadual Edmundo Navarro de Andrade (Brazil); Parque Nacional Ybycui, Dpto. Paraguari (Paraguay); Refugio Los Volcanes (Bolivia); PN Tikal · sitio arqueológico (Guatemala).

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