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title: "Grijze muisspecht"
description: "Sittasomus griseicapillus — Vogels. The olivaceous woodcreeper (Sittasomus griseicapillus) is a passerine bird in subfamily Dendrocolaptinae of the ovenbird family Furnariidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/olivaceous-woodcreeper
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Grijze muisspecht

> Sittasomus griseicapillus — Vogels. The olivaceous woodcreeper (Sittasomus griseicapillus) is a passerine bird in subfamily Dendrocolaptinae of the ovenbird family Furnariidae.

- Scientific name: *Sittasomus griseicapillus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 3002
- Wikidata: [Q874879](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q874879)
- iNaturalist taxon: [11511](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/11511)

## Names

- en: Olivaceous Woodcreeper
- de: Dünnschnabel-Baumsteiger
- es: Trepatroncos Cabeza Gris
- fr: Grimpar fauvette
- nl: Grijze muisspecht
- pt: Arapaçu-verde
- pl: Kowal

## Countries with the most observations

BR (1126), MX (618), AR (276), CR (178), PA (110), BZ (66), GT (53), EC (50), BO (34), PE (34), UY (24), HN (23)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivaceous_woodcreeper

## Photo

![Grijze muisspecht](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/olivaceous-woodcreeper/medium.jpg)

Photo: Hugo Hulsberg · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/116273390

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/olivaceous-woodcreeper?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).