Cocoa Woodcreeper

A woodcreeper of humid lowland and foothill forest and forest edge in Central and northern South America, typically seen creeping up tree trunks and along branches probing bark crevices for insects, often joining mixed-species foraging flocks. Its streaked brown plumage and stiff, downward-curved bill are useful field marks as it works methodically up a trunk before flying to the base of the next tree. Best located by its sharp, descending call, most often heard in the early morning within forest interior and edge habitat.