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Olivaceous Woodcreeper

Sittasomus griseicapillus · Family Furnariidae

Sittasomus griseicapillus

Family Furnariidae

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Furnariidae
GBIF occurrence records
222,879
Countries and territories with records
20
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About this species

This species has 222,879 occurrence records from 20 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Brazil (34.6%), Costa Rica (12.6%), Mexico (9.3%), Belize (8.4%) and Argentina (8%); together they account for 72.8% of the total. In Brazil, this species accounts for 0.33% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Sittasomus griseicapillus combines the genus name Sittasomus with the species epithet griseicapillus. It is the only species of the genus Sittasomus in the Warbla app catalog.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 310 species of the family Furnariidae. This species ranks 3rd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Furnarius rufus. Its record count is 10.9 times the family average (20,483). The family Furnariidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.

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