NORTHERN-BARRED WOODCREEPER, YAXCHILAN MAYAN RUINS, CHIAPAS,MEXICO, 11/10/2018

      We can ID this Woodcreeper as a Northern-barred Woodcreeper as follows:

• Overall brownish plumage - the wings are rufous (see second photo)
• Fine barring on head and nape.  You can just make this out in the first photo if you look very closely.  The Northern-barred Woodcreeper is the only Woodcreeper that has barring on the head and neck; others do have streaking
• Area between bill and eyes is dark, with whitish stripe below it

      The Northern-barred Woodcreeper is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 831A.