Long-billed Woodcreeper

Long-billed Woodcreeper

Nasica longirostris

Least Concern

Aves · Passeriformes · Furnariidae

About

The long-billed woodcreeper is a sub-oscine passerine bird in subfamily Dendrocolaptinae of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, and Venezuela.

Fun Fact

The long-billed woodcreeper is one of the largest woodcreepers, with a slim body, small head, long neck, long tail, and an exceptionally long, slightly decurved, bill.

Quick Facts

Habitat

Found in the Orinoco River Basin of southern Venezuela and in the Amazon Basin from eastern Colombia, central Ecuador, north-central and eastern Peru, and northern Bolivia through Amazonian Brazil to the Atlantic Ocean in the states of Amapá, Pará, and Maranhão.

Diet

Feeds on prey fleeing army ant swarms but does not habitually follow swarms.

Lifespan

To be updated

Threats

  • Habitat Change
  • Human Disturbance