Buffy Tuftedcheek

Pseudocolaptes lawrencii

Least Concern

The Buffy Tuftedcheek is a tuftedcheek of humid montane forests in Costa Rica and Panama. It searches epiphytes and palm fronds, probing moss and bromeliads for insects. Fun fact: Many members of this family build extraordinary nests, from mud ovens to huge stick castles and tunnels dug in earth banks.

Family

Furnariidae

Group

Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers

Range

Buffy Tuftedcheek Range — Humid montane forests of Costa Rica and Panama

Population

≈ Not quantified

Save in the MyBird app →