streaked tuftedcheek
pseudocolaptes boissonneautii latin

The Streaked Tuftedcheek is typically 22 cm long, weighs 48 g, and has a long bright rufous tail.

It is sometimes considered conspecific with the Streaked Tuftedcheek, P. boissonneautii, of South America.

The Streaked Tuftedcheek forages actively amongst mosses, vines, bromeliads and other epiphytes for insects, spiders, and even small amphibians.

The Streaked Tuftedcheek (Pseudocolaptes boissonneautii) is a passerine bird in the ovenbird family, which breeds in the tropical New World in the coastal mountains of Venezuela, and the Andes from Venezuela to Bolivia.