WOODCREEPERS   -   FURNARIIDAE (DENDROCOLAPATINAE)

Plain-brown (Plain-winged/Thrush-like) Woodcreeper Dendrocincla fuliginosa turdina Iguazú National Park, Misiones province, Argentina. Currently lumped with Plain-brown Woodcreeper, though I can't believe that treatment will stand based on vocal and plumage differences as well as its disjunct range in the Atlantic Rainforest. (S6)

Tawny-winged Woodcreeper Dendrocincla anabatina anabatina Las Guacamayas, Chiapas state, Mexico. It lives in rainforests from southern Mexico to Panama. (S5)		Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus griseicapillus reiseri Reserva Biológica de Saltinho, Pernambuco, Brazil. (S6)

Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Glyphorynchus spirurus sublestus Buenaventura reserve, El Oro province, Ecuador. A common woodcreeper of tropical lowland rainforest in Central and South America. (S5)		Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Glyphorynchus spirurus sublestus End of the Milpe road, Pichincha province, Ecuador. (S5f)

Scimitar-billed Woodcreeper Drymornis bridgesii San José de las Salinas, Córdoba province, Argentina. A distant shot, so it's hard to appreciate the size of this bird. It's the only woodcreeper that regularly comes down onto the ground. It ranges mainly in northern Argentina east of the Andes, but also gets into adjacent countries. (S5)

Long-billed Woodcreeper Nasica longirostris Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Mato Grosso state, Brazil. The woodcreepers (Dendrocolaptidae) have now been merged with the ovenbirds (Furnaridae), but I keep them in separate galleries since they form quite a distinct homogeneous group. I find them some of the most difficult birds to photograph. This is one of my better ones, and it's also my favorite woodcreeper: it's big, impressive, and has one of the most hauntingly beautiful songs of any bird in the world. (S3)

Bar-bellied Woodcreeper Hylexetastes stresemanni insignis Mitú, Vaupés department, Colombia. Please forgive the horrible photo; I include it because this is probably the most infrequently seen woodcreeper in the world, and this shot represents some of the only documentation of this species occuring in Colombia. Ian Davies, who was in Mitú with me, has a better shot on his Flickr site. I've also uploaded a good recording to IBC, and Andrew Spencer uploaded an even better one to Xeno-canto. (S6)

White-throated Woodcreeper Xiphocolaptes albicollis albicollis Itatiaia NP, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. The biggest woodcreeper of the Atlantic Forest region, distinguished from the similar Planalto Woodcreeper (Dendrocolaptes platyrostris) by its thicker and more decurved bill and its more distinct facial pattern. (D3)		Great Rufous Woodcreeper Xiphocolaptes major remoratus Pousada Piuval (Pantanal lodge), Mato Grosso state, Brazil. A monster of a woodcreeper, only Strong-billed (X. promeropirhynchus) can be more massive. It lives in dry woodland, gallery forest, and savanna in south-central South America. (D3)

Great Rufous Woodcreeper Xiphocolaptes major remoratus Pousada Piuval (Pantanal lodge), Mato Grosso state, Brazil. This bird was on a low tree trunk only meters from the lodge. (S5)

Northern Barred-Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae sanctithomae La Selva OTS, Heredia province, Costa Rica. One of the most strongly patterned of all the woodcreepers, but the barring is so fine that it can be hard to see at any distance, especially in the dark rainforest it inhabits. It is frequently found following army ant swarms. It's range goes from southern Mexico to northern South America west of the Andes. (S6)

Strong-billed Woodcreeper Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus ignotus Tandayapa Bird Lodge, Pichincha province, Ecuador. A widespread species from Mexico to Bolivia. There is a great deal of racial variation, and some subspecies may end up being split. The subspecies ignotus may not be valid, in which case this would be the nominate race (Ridgely & Greenfield 2001). (S6)

Strong-billed Woodcreeper Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus sanctaemartae El Dorado reserve, Santa Marta Mountains, Magdalena dept., Colombia. An endemic subspecies to the Santa Martas, but the plumage differences are not really evident in this photo. (S6)

Moustached Woodcreeper Xiphocolaptes falcirostris franciscanus Itacarambí, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Closely related to the Great Rufous Woodcreeper X. major, and nearly as big. A rare and threatened woodcreeper of NE Brazil; this is the southern subspecies, which is occasionally split. It has darker underparts and less crown streaking. (S5)		Moustached Woodcreeper Xiphocolaptes falcirostris franciscanus Itacarambí, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. (S5f)

Straight-billed Woodcreeper Dendroplex picus (ssp. unknown) Ilha Marchantaria (near Manaus), Amazonas state, Brazil. Zimmer's Woodcreeper (X. kienerii) also occurs on this island, and the two are extremely hard to distinguish apart from voice. I recorded this bird, and the song was typical for Straight-billed. (D3)

Striped Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus obsoletus notatus Mitú, Vaupés department, Colombia. An inhabitant of várzea forest in the Amazon. It is similar to the previous species, but has a stouter bill and different voice. (S6)

Black-striped Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus alarum El Paujil reserve, Santander department, Colombia. This subspecies is endemic to central Colombia, and is not as strongly marked as others. (S5)

Spotted Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus erythropygius aequatorialis Buenaventura reserve, El Oro province, Ecuador. (S5)

Olive-backed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus triangularis intermedius Afluente, San Martín department, Peru. Very similar to the previous species, replacing it eastward. (S6)

Narrow-billed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes angustirostris praedatus c. 5 km east of El Tunal, Salta province, Argentina. Occurs widely in lighter woodland in eastern South America. There is significant racial variation; compare the two photos here. (S5)

Narrow-billed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes angustirostris bahiae Jeremoaba-Canudos road, Bahia state, Brazil. A subspecies endemic to NE Brazil, slightly ochraceous underneath and lacking obvious streaking. (D3)		Lineated Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes albolineatus fuscicapillus Yasuní Research Station, Orellana province, Ecuador. (S6)

Scaled Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes squamatus squamatus Algulhas Negras road, Itatiaia NP, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. Endemic to E and SE Brazil. (S6)

Red-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus trochilirostris thoracicus Finca Exito I, 20 km N of Puerto Quito, Pichincha province, Ecuador. (S5)