White-striped woodcreeper

The white-striped woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes leucogaster) is a species of bird in the subfamily Dendrocolaptinae of the ovenbird family Furnariidae.

[2] The white-striped woodcreeper has two subspecies, the nominate L. l. leucogaster (Swainson, 1827) and L. l. umbrosus (Moore, RT, 1934).

They have white to buff-white ear coverts, supercilium, and eyering with a blackish or dusky stripe behind the eye.

Their forehead has buffy to whitish buff spots that become streaks on the crown and nape and usually extend onto the back.

Juveniles have more olive-brown upperparts than adults, their underparts' markings are less regular, and their bill is shorter.

Subspecies L. l. umbrosus is found in northwestern Mexico from Sonora and Chihuahua south to Durango, Nayarit, and Jalisco.

[3][4] The white-striped woodcreeper is essentially a year-round resident throughout its range, though some may move to lower elevations in winter.

It has a fairly large range and an estimated population of at least 50,000 mature individuals, though the latter is believed to be decreasing.