The Cocoa Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus susurrans, is breeds in tropical Central and South America.
The head and neck are buff-streaked dark brown, the upper back is liver-brown, and the rest of the upperparts, wings and tail are rufous. The bill is long, black, slightly decurved, and hooked at the tip.
This woodcreeper is a common and widespread bird of forests and cultivated land with trees. It is an insectivore which feeds on ants and other insects and spiders. Groups of up to a dozen birds will follow columns of army ants.

This was photographed at Rancho Naturalista.

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