Moustached Woodcreeper (Xiphocolaptes falcirostris)
(aka Snethlage's Woodcreeper - Xiphocolaptes falcirostris franciscanus)
Moustached Woodcreeper, Peruaçu, Minas Gerais, Brazil, February 2002 - click for larger image Peruaçu, Minas Gerais, Brazil
February 2002

The Moustached Woodcreeper is a Brazilian endemic and is classified by Birdlife International as Vulnerable.

This particular subspecies, X. f. franciscanus, used to be considered a separate species and was known as Snethlage's Woodcreeper. It was only rediscovered in the 1980s.
Moustached Woodcreeper, Peruaçu, Minas Gerais, Brazil, February 2002 - click for larger image It is found only in the interior of north-east Brazil where it inhabits deciduous forest which increasingly is being cleared for agriculture or for charcoal burning. See the distribution map at xeno-canto.

It is a large woodcreeper at 29 cms (11½") with a heavy, slightly downcurved bill. It has a distinct yellow supercilium and a broad stripe under the eye. The throat is buffy.

It feeds on grubs, ants and beetles and often feeds on the ground.
Moustached Woodcreeper, Peruaçu, Minas Gerais, Brazil, February 2002 - click for larger image We saw two birds here which were recorded by Jeremy Minns.
Moustached Woodcreeper, Peruaçu, Minas Gerais, Brazil, February 2002 - click for larger image
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