Planalto woodcreeper

The planalto woodcreeper (Dendrocolaptes platyrostris) is a sub-oscine passerine bird in subfamily Dendrocolaptinae of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

The planalto woodcreeper is one of the larger members of its subfamily. It is slim, with a long tail and a medium-length straight bill. It is 25 to 27 cm (9.8 to 11 in) long and weighs 43 to 69 g (1.5 to 2.4 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a dusky face with bold buffy streaks and a faint supercilium. Their forehead, crown, and nape are black with bold buff streaks on the crown and nape. Their back and rump are olive-brown with thin buff streaks. Their wings, uppertail coverts, and tail are dull chestnut, with dusky tips on the primaries. Their throat is whitish with faint streaking and mottling. Their breast is olive-brown with strong whitish buff streaks. Their belly, flanks, and undertail coverts are buffy brown with thin blackish bars. Their iris is brown, their bill black with sometimes a paler tip to the mandible, and their legs and feet greenish gray to black. Subspecies D. p. intermedius is paler than the nominate with a more cinnamon color overall, a dusky brown or olive crown, few or no streaks on the back, and more rufous wings, rump, and tail. The two subspecies' plumages intergrade in their contact zone.