Chestnut-rumped woodcreeper

Chestnut-rumped woodcreeper
Chestnut-rumped woodcreeper at Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Furnariidae
Genus: Xiphorhynchus
Species: X. pardalotus
Binomial name
Xiphorhynchus pardalotus
(Vieillot, 1818)

The chestnut-rumped woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus pardalotus) is a species of perching bird. Like the other woodcreepers, it belongs to the subfamily Dendrocolaptinae of the ovenbird family (Furnariidae).

It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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