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 Henri Pittier National Park
Cocoa Woodcreeper
Xiphorhynchus susurrans
Plain-brown Woodcreeper
Dendrocincla fuliginosa
Olivaceous Woodcreeper
Sittasomus griseicapillus
Montane Foliage-gleaner
Anabacerthia striaticollis
Streak-headed Woodcreeper
Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
Crested Spinetail
Cranioleuca subcristata
Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner
Philydor rufum
Guttulate Foliage-gleaner
Syndactyla guttulata
Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper
Lochmias nematura
Plain Thornbird
Phacellodomus inornatus
Streaked Tuftedcheek
Pseudocolaptes boissonneautii
Gray-throated Leaftosser
Sclerurus albigularis
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Black-banded Woodcreeper at Henri Pittier 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