Listen to the Sharp-tailed streamcreeper
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About the Sharp-tailed streamcreeper
The Sharp-tailed streamcreeper is a bird in the family Furnariidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults weigh around 22 g.
What does the Sharp-tailed streamcreeper 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 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 sharp-tailed streamcreeper (Lochmias nematura) is a passerine bird of South America in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. Alternate names include streamside Lochmias, sharp-tailed creeper, and simply streamcreeper. It is found in Panama and every mainland South American country except Chile, French Guiana, and Suriname.
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
Elegant woodcreeper
Xiphorhynchus elegans
Slender-billed miner
Geositta tenuirostris
Ruddy foliage-gleaner
Clibanornis rubiginosus
Rufous-rumped foliage-gleaner
Philydor erythrocercum
Lesser hornero
Furnarius minor
Orange-fronted plushcrown
Metopothrix aurantiaca
Scaly-throated foliage-gleaner
Anabacerthia variegaticeps
Frequently asked questions
What does a Sharp-tailed streamcreeper sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the Sharp-tailed streamcreeper on this page, including its 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 Sharp-tailed streamcreeper endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Sharp-tailed streamcreeper as “least concern”.
What family does the Sharp-tailed streamcreeper belong to?
The Sharp-tailed streamcreeper (Lochmias nematura) belongs to the family Furnariidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Call · Napo: Napo Galeras, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q1039940 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Sharp-tailed streamcreeper – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Dario Sanches from São Paulo, Brazil – CC BY-SA 2.0