Brown-billed Scythebill

Campylorhamphus pusillus

Least Concern

The Brown-billed Scythebill is a scythebill of humid forests in Colombia, Costa Rica, and Ecuador. It climbs tree trunks propped on its stiff tail, using its long curved bill to probe bromeliads and bark crevices for insects. Fun fact: Woodcreepers prop themselves on stiffened tail feathers to climb tree trunks, much as woodpeckers do.

Family

Furnariidae

Group

Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers

Range

Brown-billed Scythebill Range — Humid forests of Colombia, Costa Rica, and Ecuador

Population

≈ Not quantified

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