Woodcreepers
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Dendrocolaptidae
The Dendrocolaptidae are brownish birds and maintain an upright vertical posture, supported by their stiff tail vanes. They feed mainly on insects taken from tree trunks. There are 30 species which have been recorded in Venezuela.
- Tyrannine Woodcreeper Dendrocincla tyrannina
- Plain-brown Woodcreeper Dendrocincla fuliginosa
- White-chinned Woodcreeper Dendrocincla merula
- Ruddy Woodcreeper Dendrocincla homochroa
- Long-tailed Woodcreeper Deconychura longicauda
- Spot-throated Woodcreeper Deconychura stictolaema
- Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus griseicapillus
- Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Glyphorynchus spirurus
- Long-billed Woodcreeper Nasica longirostris
- Cinnamon-throated Woodcreeper Dendrexetastes rufigula
- Red-billed Woodcreeper Hylexetastes perrotii
- Strong-billed Woodcreeper Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus
- Northern Barred-Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae
- Amazonian Barred-Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes certhia
- Black-banded Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes picumnus
- Striped Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus obsoletus
- Ocellated Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus ocellatus
- Buff-throated Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus guttatus
- Lafresnaye's Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus guttatoides
- Chestnut-rumped Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus pardalotus
- Cocoa Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus susurrans
- Ivory-billed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus flavigaster
- Olive-backed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus triangularis
- Straight-billed Woodcreeper Dendroplex picus
- Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
- Montane Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger
- Lineated Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes albolineatus
- Red-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus trochilirostris
- Brown-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus pusillus
- Curve-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus procurvoides
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