Listen to the Black-banded woodcreeper
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About the Black-banded woodcreeper
The Black-banded woodcreeper is a bird in the family Furnariidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the Black-banded woodcreeper sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as song-like calls and call. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The black-banded woodcreeper (Dendrocolaptes picumnus) is a sub-oscine passerine bird in subfamily Dendrocolaptinae of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found discontinuously from Chiapas, Mexico, to Panama and in every mainland South American country except Chile and Uruguay.
Related birds in the genus Dendrocolaptes
More from the family Furnariidae
Rufous hornero
Furnarius rufus
Red-billed scythebill
Campylorhamphus trochilirostris
Chestnut-winged hookbill
Ancistrops strigilatus
Pale-legged hornero
Furnarius leucopus
Brown-capped tit-spinetail
Leptasthenura fuliginiceps
Sharp-tailed streamcreeper
Lochmias nematura
Elegant woodcreeper
Xiphorhynchus elegans
Slender-billed miner
Geositta tenuirostris
Ruddy foliage-gleaner
Clibanornis rubiginosus
Rufous-rumped foliage-gleaner
Philydor erythrocercum
Lesser hornero
Furnarius minor
Frequently asked questions
What does a Black-banded woodcreeper sound like?
You can hear 2 recordings of the Black-banded woodcreeper on this page, including its song-like calls and call. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the Black-banded woodcreeper endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Black-banded woodcreeper as “least concern”.
What family does the Black-banded woodcreeper belong to?
The Black-banded woodcreeper (Dendrocolaptes picumnus) belongs to the family Furnariidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Song-like calls · Orellana: 'Maxus' road km 37 (27 km SSE Pompeya), Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Sucumbíos: 'Sacha Lodge', n bank Río Napo, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q1272878 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Black-banded woodcreeper – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Hector Bottai – CC BY-SA 4.0