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 Los Quetzales National Park
Spot-crowned Woodcreeper
Lepidocolaptes affinis
Ruddy Treerunner
Margarornis rubiginosus
Buffy Tuftedcheek
Pseudocolaptes lawrencii
Spotted Barbtail
Premnoplex brunnescens
Streak-breasted Treehunter
Thripadectes rufobrunneus
Tawny-winged Woodcreeper
Dendrocincla anabatina
Ruddy Woodcreeper
Dendrocincla homochroa
Streak-headed Woodcreeper
Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
Streaked Xenops
Xenops rutilans
Lineated Foliage-gleaner
Syndactyla subalaris
Red-faced Spinetail
Cranioleuca erythrops
Spotted Woodcreeper
Xiphorhynchus erythropygius
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Black-banded Woodcreeper at Los Quetzales 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