The Red-breasted nuthatch, tanager or striped nuthatch, banded-bellied nuthatch, whose scientific name is Dendrocolaptes picumnus.
It is a bird of the family furnariidae, native to tropical America, distributed from southern Mexico to northwestern Argentina and southern Paraguay.
Although it is abundant in the Guiana Shield area: Venezuela, Suriname, Guyanas and the Amazon River basin: Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, it can be found in savannahs and islets.
Red creeper characteristics
It is like a woodpecker, with a size between 24 to 30 cm long.
Its beak is straight and strong, with blackish tones, the plumage is brown, striped with beige tones. On the chest the color is yellowish, reddish or beige, with ochre stripes.
The belly is striped. The back is reddish brown. The rump, wings and head are brown. It lives in forests and savannahs.
Hector Bottai / CC BY-SA
Feeding, behavior and reproduction
It feeds on insects that hide in the crevices of tree trunks, making its nest in the holes they get in the trunks where they lay their eggs.
Fernando Flores / CC BY SA
The breeding season is approximately between November and January, the parents take care of their young until their feathers are strong.
It is a little-studied species, although it has been monitored, there is no concern about the danger of extinction.
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Dr. Rafael Cartay is a Venezuelan economist, historian, and writer best known for his extensive work in gastronomy, and has received the National Nutrition Award, Gourmand World Cookbook Award, Best Kitchen Dictionary, and The Great Gold Fork. He began his research on the Amazon in 2014 and lived in Iquitos during 2015, where he wrote The Peruvian Amazon Table (2016), the Dictionary of Food and Cuisine of the Amazon Basin (2020), and the online portal delAmazonas.com, of which he is co-founder and main writer. Books by Rafael Cartay can be found on Amazon.com
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