Plain-winged Woodcreeper (Dendrocincla turdina)
(aka Thrush-like Woodcreeper, Plain Woodcreeper)
Plain-winged Woodcreeper, Ubatuba, São Paulo, Brazil, July 2002 - click for larger image Brazil

The Plain-winged Woodcreeper is found in south-east Brazil from southern Bahia and into Misiones, Argentina.

It inhabits forest and secondary woodland where it is usually seen in lower and middle levels. It often follows army ant swarms.

Plain-winged Woodcreeper, Ubatuba, São Paulo, Brazil, July 2002 - click for larger image Distinguishing features are its lack of any. It is plain brown all over including on the wings. It has faint buff streaking on the crown feathers which you can see in most of these photos. The throat is a plain buff colour and the bill is short and straight.

Plain-winged Woodcreeper, REGUA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 2006 - click for larger image It has a rather monotonous song which you can hear at xeno-canto.
Plain-winged Woodcreeper, REGUA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 2006 - click for larger image
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