Birds of Brazil - Dendrocincla


Plain-brown Woodcreeper (Dendrocincla fuliginosa) San Jeronimo, Colombia
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Often common. Note dark malar stripe. Often with ant swarms and in Amazon compare to White-chinned Woodcreeper. Subspecies vary in shades of brown, streaking on underparts, and bill color.
Amazon foothills, note light biil and unstreaked chest.


White-chinned Woodcreeper (Dendrocincla merula) Leticia, Amazonas, Colombia
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Note blue eyes. Similar to Plain-brown Woodcreeper, but face more uniform. Secretive inside 'tierra firma' forest, and virtually always with ant swarms.


Plain-winged Woodcreeper (Dendrocincla turdina) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil A medium-sized woodcreeper.
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza © All Rights Reserved.

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