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 18 species which have been recorded in Suriname.
- Plain-brown Woodcreeper Dendrocincla fuliginosa
- White-chinned Woodcreeper Dendrocincla merula
- Long-tailed Woodcreeper Deconychura longicauda
- Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus griseicapillus
- Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Glyphorynchus spirurus
- Cinnamon-throated Woodcreeper Dendrexetastes rufigula
- Red-billed Woodcreeper Hylexetastes perrotii
- Amazonian Barred-Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes certhia
- Black-banded Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes picumnus
- Striped Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus obsoletus
- Buff-throated Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus guttatus
- Chestnut-rumped Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus pardalotus
- Cocoa Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus susurrans
- Straight-billed Woodcreeper Dendroplex picus
- Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
- Narrow-billed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes angustirostris
- Lineated Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes albolineatus
- Curve-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus procurvoides
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Suriname