NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Dendrocolaptidae

These brownish birds feed mainly on insects taken from tree trunks, and superficially resemble the Old World treecreepers. However, they are not related.

Woodcreepers are forest birds which nest in holes or crevices; 2-3 white eggs are laid, and incubated forabout 15 days.

Family: Dendrocolaptidae
- Tyrannine Woodcreeper, Dendrocincla tyrannina
- Thrush-like Woodcreeper, Dendrocincla turdina
- Tawny-winged Woodcreeper, Dendrocincla anabatina
- 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
- Scimitar-billed Woodcreeper, Drymornis bridgesii
- Long-billed Woodcreeper, Nasica longirostris
- Cinnamon-throated Woodcreeper, Dendrexetastes rufigula
- Bar-bellied Woodcreeper, Hylexetastes stresemanni
- Red-billed Woodcreeper, Hylexetastes perrotii
- Uniform Woodcreeper, Hylexetastes uniformis
- Brigida's Woodcreeper, Hylexetastes brigidai
- White-throated Woodcreeper, Xiphocolaptes albicollis
- Moustached Woodcreeper, Xiphocolaptes falcirostris
- Great Rufous Woodcreeper, Xiphocolaptes major
- Strong-billed Woodcreeper, Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus
- Northern Barred-Woodcreeper, Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae
- Amazonian Barred-Woodcreeper, Dendrocolaptes certhia
- Hoffmann's Woodcreeper, Dendrocolaptes hoffmannsi
- Black-banded Woodcreeper, Dendrocolaptes picumnus
- Planalto Woodcreeper, Dendrocolaptes platyrostris
- Straight-billed Woodcreeper, Xiphorhynchus picus
- Zimmer's Woodcreeper, Xiphorhynchus necopinus
- Striped Woodcreeper, Xiphorhynchus obsoletus
- Ocellated Woodcreeper, Xiphorhynchus ocellatus
- Spix's Woodcreeper, Xiphorhynchus spixii
- Buff-throated Woodcreeper, Xiphorhynchus guttatus
- Chestnut-rumped Woodcreeper, Xiphorhynchus pardalotus
- Cocoa Woodcreeper, Xiphorhynchus susurrans
- Ivory-billed Woodcreeper, Xiphorhynchus flavigaster
- Black-striped Woodcreeper, Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus
- Spotted Woodcreeper, Xiphorhynchus erythropygius
- Olive-backed Woodcreeper, Xiphorhynchus triangularis
- White-striped Woodcreeper, Lepidocolaptes leucogaster
- Streak-headed Woodcreeper, Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
- Narrow-billed Woodcreeper, Lepidocolaptes angustirostris
- Spot-crowned Woodcreeper, Lepidocolaptes affinis
- Montane Woodcreeper, Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger
- Scaled Woodcreeper, Lepidocolaptes squamatus
- Lesser Woodcreeper, Lepidocolaptes fuscus
- Lineated Woodcreeper, Lepidocolaptes albolineatus
- Greater Scythebill, Campylorhamphus pucherani
- Red-billed Scythebill, Campylorhamphus trochilirostris
- Brown-billed Scythebill, Campylorhamphus pusillus
- Black-billed Scythebill, Campylorhamphus falcularius
- Curve-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus procurvoides

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Xiphorhynchus Striatigularis (Dendrocolaptidae): Nomen Monstrositatum (3178 words)
	Given the propensity for the species of Dendrocolaptidae in the lowlands of northeastern Mexico to be morphologically distinct, and under the assumptions upon which the study was based, X. striatigularis is not a valid species.
	If X. striatigularis is an aberrant individual of a valid species and the aberrancy is restricted to pig- ment deposition in the plumage (the latter is the basis for this taxon; Richmond 1899), its external morpho- metrics should match one of the species occurring in the region.
	Diagnosis of this unique type is aided by the fact that southern Tamaulipas is near the northerly limits of the Dendrocolaptidae, and only two species (of two genera) currently occur in the region where the unique type was taken: X. fiavigaster and Lepidocolaptes affinis.

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