Olivaceous Woodcreeper
Sittasomus griseicapillus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyFurnariidae (Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers)
- GenusSittasomus
- SpeciesSittasomus griseicapillus (Olivaceous Woodcreeper)
The olivaceous woodcreeper (Sittasomus griseicapillus) is a passerine bird in subfamily Dendrocolaptinae of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found from central Mexico south through every Central American country, on the island of Tobago, and in every mainland South American country except Chile, French Guiana, and Suriname. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Tayrona National Natural Park
Cocoa Woodcreeper
Xiphorhynchus susurrans
Straight-billed Woodcreeper
Xiphorhynchus picus
Plain-brown Woodcreeper
Dendrocincla fuliginosa
Streak-headed Woodcreeper
Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
Caribbean Hornero
Furnarius longirostris
Ruddy Woodcreeper
Dendrocincla homochroa
Yellow-chinned Spinetail
Certhiaxis cinnamomeus
Pale-breasted Spinetail
Synallaxis albescens
Santa Marta Foliage-gleaner
Clibanornis rufipectus
Blue-gray Tanager
Thraupis episcopus
Bicolored Wren
Campylorhynchus griseus
Crimson-backed Tanager
Ramphocelus dimidiatus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Olivaceous Woodcreeper at Tayrona National Natural 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