Birds of Guyana

    PASSERIFORMES: Furnariidae (Ovenbirds)  
Genus: Dendrocincla (2 species, 6 worldwide)


Plain-brown Woodcreeper
Plain-brown Woodcreeper (Dendrocincla fuliginosa)
San Jeronimo, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

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
White-chinned Woodcreeper (Dendrocincla merula)
Leticia, Amazonas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Note blue eyes. Similar to Plain-brown Woodcreeper, but face more uniform. Secretive inside 'tierra firma' forest, and virtually always with ant swarms.


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