 The streak-headed woodcreeper is very similar to the spot-crowned woodcreeper ("Lepidocolaptes affinis") but is smaller, has a streaked, not spotted crown, and is found at lower altitudes.The streak-headed woodcreeper feeds on spiders and insects, creeping up trunks and extracting its prey from the bark or mosses.It is normally seen alone or in a pair and unlike spot-crowned, rarely joins mixed-species feeding flocks.