Moustached Woodcreeper

The moustached woodcreeper (Xiphocolaptes falcirostris) is a Vulnerable species of bird in the subfamily Dendrocolaptinae of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is endemic to Brazil. == Taxonomy and systematics == The moustached woodcreeper has two subspecies, the nominate X. f. falcirostris (Spix, 1824) and X. f. franciscanus (Snethlage, 1927). The latter has sometimes been treated as a separate species ("Snethlage's woodcreeper") and by at least one author as a subspecies of the white-throated woodcreeper (X. albicollis). Subspecies X. a. villanovae of the white-throated has sometimes been assigned to the moustached woodcreeper. == Description == The moustached woodcreeper is one of the largest members of its subfamily. It is heavy-bodied, with a shortish tail and a long thin bill. It is 28 to 32 cm (11 to 13 in) long and weighs about 110 g (3.9 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a brown face with a buffy supercilium, lores, and moustachial stripe. Their crown is cinnamon-brown to dark olive-brown with thin buff streaks. Their back is rufous-brown and their rump, wings, and tail are cinnamon-rufous. Their throat is pale buffy to whitish and their underparts light brown to cinnamon-buff. Their flanks have faint…