Straight-billed woodcreeper
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Dendroplex picus

The straight-billed woodcreeper (Dendroplex picus ) is a species of bird in the woodcreeper subfamily (Dendrocolaptinae). Its genus, Dendroplex, was recently confirmed to be distinct from Xiphorhynchus. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and heavily degraded former forest.

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The straight-billed woodcreeper's range is in central and north South America, east of the Andes cordillera, and encompasses the entire Amazon Basin and the Caatinga. The species is found in Panama of Central America, and only the four countries, Chile, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay, of southernmost South America are excluded from the South American range.

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Straight-billed woodcreeper
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References

1. Straight-billed woodcreeper Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight-billed_woodcreeper
2. Straight-billed woodcreeper on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22703095/138227917
3. Xeno-canto bird call - https://xeno-canto.org/706070

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