Chestnut-winged Hookbill

Ancistrops strigilatus

Least Concern

The Chestnut-winged Hookbill is a hookbill of bamboo and humid forest in Peru, Brazil, and Ecuador. It works through bamboo and tangled foliage, using its hooked bill to extract 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

Chestnut-winged Hookbill Range — Bamboo and humid forest of Peru, Brazil, and Ecuador

Population

≈ Not quantified

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