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 Chingaza National Natural Park
Pearled Treerunner
Margarornis squamiger
White-chinned Thistletail
Schizoeaca fuliginosa
Silvery-throated Spinetail
Synallaxis subpudica
Azara's Spinetail
Synallaxis azarae
Montane Woodcreeper
Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger
White-browed Spinetail
Hellmayrea gularis
Many-striped Canastero
Asthenes flammulata
Pale-breasted Spinetail
Synallaxis albescens
Crested Spinetail
Cranioleuca subcristata
Strong-billed Woodcreeper
Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus
Rufous Spinetail
Synallaxis unirufa
Streak-headed Woodcreeper
Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Black-banded Woodcreeper at Chingaza National Natural 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