Xiphorhynchus susurrans
(L 9" Wt 1.31 oz)
Rancho Naturalista
08Feb2010
Found in forests in tropical
Central and South America.
© David L.
Ross, Jr.
Macaulay
Library
Xiphorhynchus is Greek for
sword-bill; susurrans is Latin
for whispering.
Endemic to the Neotropics, there
are around 57 woodcreeper
species in 15 to 20 genera.
(Wikipedia)