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 28 species which have been recorded in Ecuador.
- Tyrannine Woodcreeper Dendrocincla tyrannina
- Plain-brown Woodcreeper Dendrocincla fuliginosa
- White-chinned Woodcreeper Dendrocincla merula
- 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
- 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
- Elegant Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus elegans
- Buff-throated Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus guttatus
- Black-striped Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus
- Spotted Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus erythropygius
- Olive-backed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus triangularis
- Straight-billed Woodcreeper Dendroplex picus
- Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
- Montane Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger
- Lineated Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes albolineatus
- Greater Scythebill Campylorhamphus pucherani
- Red-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus trochilirostris
- Brown-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus pusillus
- Curve-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus procurvoides
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Ecuador