Point-tailed Palmcreeper

Point-tailed Palmcreeper

Taxobox
name = Point-tailed Palmcreeper


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Furnariidae
genus = "Berlepschia"
genus_authority =
species = "B. rikeri"
binomial = "Berlepschia rikeri"
binomial_authority = (Ridgway, 1886)
synonyms =

The Point-tailed Palmcreeper ("Berlepschia rikeri") is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family, the ovenbirds. It is monotypic, the only member of the genus "Berlepschia".

It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.

This is a deep chestnut-brown backed bird, with neck collar colorings of black and white flecking; the entire belly has the same black and white mottling. It has a medium to long, stout pointed bill.

The species is named for the two ornithologists-bird collectors who first described the species, Count Hans von Berlepsch and C. Riker.

References

* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/50498/all Berlepschia rikeri] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 25 July 2007.

External links

* [http://vireo.acnatsci.org/search.html?Form=Search&SEARCHBY=Common&KEYWORDS=point-tailed+palmcreeper&showwhat=images&AGE=All&SEX=All&ACT=All&Search=Search&VIEW=All&ORIENTATION=All&RESULTS=24 Point-tailed Palmcreeper photo gallery] VIREO [http://vireo.acnatsci.org/species_image.php?species=Berlepschia+rikeri Photo-High Res]
* [http://www.arthurgrosset.com/sabirds/photos/berrik10515.jpgPhoto-High Res-(Dorsal view)] ; [http://www.arthurgrosset.com/tripreports/amazon2004.html Article] arthurgrosset–"South American Birds"
* [http://www.arthurgrosset.com/sabirds/photos/berrik10513.jpgPhoto-High Res] ; [http://www.arthurgrosset.com/sabirds/point-tailedpalmcreeper.html Article & species synopsis] arthurgrosset–"South American Birds"


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