Streaked Tuftedcheek
NameStreaked Tuftedcheek
Common NameStreaked Tuftedcheek
Scientific NamePseudocolaptes boissonneautii
FamilyFurnariidae
Wingspan (cm)35
Length (cm)20
Weight (g)42.5
Plumage DetailsFeatures a dark crown and nape streaked with buff, a prominent white supercilium, and a broad white tuft of feathers behind the eye. The upperparts are dark brown streaked with buff, while the underparts are rufous-brown. The rump and tail are distinctly rufous.
Vocalization / CallVocalizations include a series of sharp, chattering, or trilling notes that often accelerate in pace, sometimes described as a rapid 'tsee-tsee-tsee-tsee-tseet-tseet'.
Primary Dietinsectivore
Primary Habitatsforest, mountain
Conservation Statusleast-concern
Geographic RangeFound in the Andes Mountains of South America, ranging from western Venezuela south through Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and into Bolivia.
Identifying Featuresprominent white tuft behind eye, streaked crown and back, rufous rump and tail, slender, slightly decurved bill, forages on mossy branches
Description
This medium-sized furnariid is characterized by its distinctive white facial tufts and streaked plumage. It actively forages for arthropods on moss-covered branches and tree trunks in humid montane forests, often as part of mixed-species flocks.
