Woodcreepers
Dendrocolaptinae
The woodcreepers (Dendrocolaptinae) comprise a subfamily of suboscine passerine birds endemic to the Neotropics. They have traditionally been considered a distinct family Dendrocolaptidae, but most authorities now place them as a subfamily of the ovenbirds (Furnariidae). They superficially resemble the Old World treecreepers, but they are only distantly related and the similarities are due to convergent evolution. The subfamily contains 60 species in 16 genera.
Woodcreepers range from 14 to 35 cm in length. Generally brownish birds, the true woodcreepers maintain an upright vertical posture, supported by their specialized stiff tails.
16 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first · about 60 known species
Lepidocolaptes Woodcreepers
genusLepidocolaptes
Xiphorhynchus Woodcreepers
genusXiphorhynchus
Plain Woodcreepers
genusDendrocincla
Sittasomus
genusSittasomus
Barred Woodcreepers and Allies
genusDendrocolaptes
Straight-billed and Zimmer's Woodcreepers
genusDendroplex
Glyphorynchus
genusGlyphorynchus
Strong-billed Woodcreepers
genusXiphocolaptes
Drymornis
genusDrymornis
Typical Scythebills
genusCampylorhamphus
Nasica
genusNasica
Dendrexetastes
genusDendrexetastes
Long-tailed woodcreepers
genusDeconychura
Red-billed Woodcreepers
genusHylexetastes
Drymotoxeres
genusDrymotoxeres
Certhiasomus
genusCerthiasomus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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