RUDDY WOODCREEPER, YAXCHILAN MAYAN RUINS,CHIAPAS,MEXICO, 11/10/2018

      We can ID this Woodcreeper as a Ruddy Woodcreeper as follows:

• Almost entirely rufous
• Straight bill
• Was photographed in area near swarms of army ants. This species is highly dependent on army ant swarms for food, so it is generally sighted near them
• Pale grayish eyering.  You can just make this out in the photo

      The Ruddy Woodcreeper is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 839.