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Encyclopedia > Cocoa Woodcreeper
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Cocoa Woodcreeper
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Dendrocolaptidae
Genus: Xiphorhynchus
Species: X. susurrans
Binomial name
Xiphorhynchus susurrans
Jardine, 1847

The Cocoa Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus susurrans is a passerine bird which breeds in tropical South America in Trinidad, Tobago, northern Colombia and northern Venezuela. It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the larger Buff-throated Woodcreeper, X. guttatus. Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria Placozoa Subregnum Bilateria  Acoelomorpha  Orthonectida  Rhombozoa  Myxozoa  Superphylum Deuterostomia     Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ... Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicates Ascideiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with... For other meanings of bird, see bird (disambiguation). ... Families Many, see text A passerine is a bird of the giant order Passeriformes. ... Genera Many, see text. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is a standard convention used for naming species. ... Sir William Jardine, seventh baronet of Applegirth (February 23, 1800 - November 21, 1874) was a Scottish naturalist. ... 1847 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Families Many, see text A passerine is a bird of the giant order Passeriformes. ... Orders Many - see section below. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... Trinidad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Tobago (pronounced ta-BAY-go) is an island in the southern Caribbean Sea, part of the nation of Trinidad and Tobago. ... Binomial name Xiphorhynchus guttatus Lichtenstein, 1820 The Buff-throated Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus guttatus is a passerine bird which breeds in tropical South America from southeast Colombia south to easten Bolivia and southeastern Brazil. ...


This woodcreeper is a a common and widespread bird of forests and cultivated land with trees. It builds a bark-lined nest in a tree hole or hollow stump and lays two white eggs. Genera Dendrocincla Sittasomus Glyphorynchus Drymornis Nasica Dendrexetastes Hylexetastes Xiphocolaptes Dendrocolaptes Xiphorhynchus Lepidocolaptes Campylorhamphus The woodcreepers are a family of passerine bird species endemic to the neotropics. ...


Cocoa Woodcreeper is typically 23cm long, and weighs 37g. The head and neck are buff-streaked dark brown, the upper back is liver-brown, and the rest of the upperparts, wings and tail are rufous. The underparts are olive-brown with buff streaks on the breast. The bill is long, black, slightly decurved, and hooked at the tip. The normal call is a loud kew-kew-kew-kew.


Cocoa Woodcreeper is an insectivore which feeds on ants and other insects and spiders. It feeds low in trees or on the ground, usually alone, but groups of up to a dozen birds will follow columns of army ants. Any organism with a diet that consists chiefly of insects and similar small creatures is an insectivore. ... Subfamilies Formicomorph subfamilies Aneuretinae Dolichoderinae Formicinae - e. ... Classes & Orders Subclass: Apterygota Orders Archaeognatha (Bristletails) Thysanura (Silverfish) Monura - extinct Subclass: Pterygota Orders Ephemeroptera (mayflies) Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) Diaphanopteroidea - extinct Palaeodictyoptera - extinct Megasecoptera - extinct Archodonata - extinct Infraclass: Neoptera Orders Blattodea (cockroaches) Isoptera (termites) Mantodea (mantids) Dermaptera (earwigs) Plecoptera (stoneflies) Orthoptera (grasshoppers, etc) Phasmatodea (walking sticks) Embioptera (webspinners) Zoraptera... Suborders Araneomorphae Mesothelae Mygalomorphae See the taxonomy section for families Spiders are invertebrate animals that produce silk, have eight legs and no wings. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ...


References

  • Birds of Venezuela by Hilty, ISBN 0-7136-6418-5
  • Birds of Trinidad and Tobago by ffrench, ISBN 0-7136-6759-1

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