Black-banded Woodcreeper
Dendrocolaptes picumnus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyFurnariidae (Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers)
- GenusDendrocolaptes (Barred Woodcreepers and Allies)
- SpeciesDendrocolaptes picumnus (Black-banded Woodcreeper)
The black-banded woodcreeper (Dendrocolaptes picumnus) is a sub-oscine passerine bird in subfamily Dendrocolaptinae of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found discontinuously from Chiapas, Mexico, to Panama and in every mainland South American country except Chile and Uruguay. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Amboró National Park
Rufous Hornero
Furnarius rufus
Stripe-crowned Spinetail
Cranioleuca pyrrhophia
Bolivian Earthcreeper
Upucerthia harterti
Narrow-billed Woodcreeper
Lepidocolaptes angustirostris
Sooty-fronted Spinetail
Synallaxis frontalis
Streak-fronted Thornbird
Phacellodomus striaticeps
Buff-throated Woodcreeper
Xiphorhynchus guttatus
Spot-breasted Thornbird
Phacellodomus maculipectus
Olivaceous Woodcreeper
Sittasomus griseicapillus
Creamy-breasted Canastero
Asthenes dorbignyi
Straight-billed Woodcreeper
Xiphorhynchus picus
Azara's Spinetail
Synallaxis azarae
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Black-banded Woodcreeper at Amboró National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there