Xingu Scythebill

Campylorhamphus multostriatus

Near Threatened

The Xingu Scythebill is a scythebill of humid forests in Brazil. It climbs tree trunks propped on its stiff tail, using its long curved bill to probe bromeliads and bark crevices for insects. Classified as Near Threatened, it is threatened mainly by the loss and fragmentation of its habitat. Fun fact: Woodcreepers prop themselves on stiffened tail feathers to climb tree trunks, much as woodpeckers do.

Family

Furnariidae

Group

Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers

Range

Xingu Scythebill Range — Humid forests of Brazil

Population

≈ Not quantified (declining)

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