Order: Passeriformes | Family: Furnariidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southern Brazil
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southern Brazil
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southern Brazil
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. SE Peru | Southern Brazil
Status: The Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper is rare in montane streams of the east slope of the Andes at elevations ranging between 500-2300 m. It also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Riachuelero.
Sub-species: Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper (Lochmias nematura sororius) P. L. Sclater and Salvin, 1873. coastal range of N Venezuela (Yaracuy E to Distrito Federal), and the Andes from Colombia (Valle and Cauca in W range, W slope in Cauca in C, and S from Cundinamarca in E range) S to N Peru (S to San Martín).
(Lochmias nematura obscuratus) Cabanis, 1873. Andes from C Peru (S from Huánuco) S to NW Argentina (Jujuy, Salta).
Meaning of Name: Lochmias: Gr. lokhme, lokhmaios= thicket, thicket-dwelling. nematura: Gr. nema, nematos= thread and ouros, oura= tailed, tail.

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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 03/01/2017.