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The streak-headed woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes souleyetii) is a passerine bird in the subfamily Dendrocolaptinae of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Mexico, Central America, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Venezuela, and on Trinidad.
The Streak-headed Woodcreeper, Lepidocolaptes souleyetii, is a passerine bird belonging to the subfamily Dendrocolaptinae within the ovenbird family Furnariidae. This slim, medium-sized woodcreeper is notable for its longish, slender, and decurved bill, measuring 19 to 21 cm in length and weighing between 23 to 31 grams.
Adults of the nominate subspecies, L. s. souleyetii, exhibit a face adorned with thin whitish buff and dark brown streaks, with more pronounced streaking on the sides of the neck. They possess a whitish buff supercilium and eyering, while their crown and nape are dark brown with bold whitish buff streaks. The back and wing coverts range from rufous-olive to cinnamon-brown, and the flight feathers, rump, and tail are cinnamon-rufous to rufous-chestnut. The underparts are grayish olive to buffy brown with distinctive black-edged whitish buff streaks.
The Streak-headed Woodcreeper inhabits a variety of wooded landscapes, from deciduous and humid forests to gallery forests, secondary forests, plantations, and even open areas with scattered trees. It can also be found in mangroves and arid scrublands.
This species is distributed across a broad range, from Mexico, Central America, and Trinidad to Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela.
The Streak-headed Woodcreeper is a year-round resident that forages mostly alone or in pairs, adeptly hitching up trunks and branches in search of prey. It does not typically join mixed-species feeding flocks.
