Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers

Ovenbirds or furnariids are a large family of small suboscine passerine birds found from Mexico and Central to southern South America. They form the family Furnariidae. This is a large family containing around 321 species and 71 genera.

Species in this family

• Pink-legged Graveteiro Acrobatornis fonsecai
• White-browed Foliage-gleaner Anabacerthia amaurotis
• Ochre-breasted Foliage-gleaner Anabacerthia lichtensteini
• Rufous-tailed Foliage-gleaner Anabacerthia ruficaudata
• Montane Foliage-gleaner Anabacerthia striaticollis
• Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner Anabacerthia variegaticeps
• Dusky-cheeked Foliage-gleaner Anabazenops dorsalis
• White-collared Foliage-gleaner Anabazenops fuscus
• Chestnut-winged Hookbill Ancistrops strigilatus
• Firewood-gatherer Anumbius annumbi
• Masafuera Rayadito Aphrastura masafuerae
• Thorn-tailed Rayadito Aphrastura spinicauda
• Austral Canastero Asthenes anthoides
• Ayacucho Thistletail Asthenes ayacuchensis
• Short-billed Canastero Asthenes baeri
• Berlepsch's Canastero Asthenes berlepschi
• Creamy-breasted Canastero Asthenes dorbignyi
• Many-striped Canastero Asthenes flammulata
• White-chinned Thistletail Asthenes fuliginosa
• Mouse-coloured Thistletail Asthenes griseomurina
• Black-throated Thistletail Asthenes harterti
• Puna Thistletail Asthenes helleri
• Maquis Canastero Asthenes heterura
• Hudson's Canastero Asthenes hudsoni
• Streak-throated Canastero Asthenes humilis
• Cipo Canastero Asthenes luizae
• Scribble-tailed Canastero Asthenes maculicauda
• Cordilleran Canastero Asthenes modesta
• Itatiaia Spinetail Asthenes moreirae
• Rusty-fronted Canastero Asthenes ottonis
• Eye-ringed Thistletail Asthenes palpebralis
• Perija Thistletail Asthenes perijana
• Canyon Canastero Asthenes pudibunda
• Sharp-billed Canastero Asthenes pyrrholeuca
• Line-fronted Canastero Asthenes urubambensis
• Vilcabamba Thistletail Asthenes vilcabambae
• Junin Canastero Asthenes virgata
• Streak-backed Canastero Asthenes wyatti
• Fawn-throated Foliage-gleaner Automolus cervinigularis
• Chiriqui Foliage-gleaner Automolus exsertus
• Olive-backed Foliage-gleaner Automolus infuscatus
• Pernambuco Foliage-gleaner Automolus lammi
• White-eyed Foliage-gleaner Automolus leucophthalmus
• Brown-rumped Foliage-gleaner Automolus melanopezus
• Ochre-throated Foliage-gleaner Automolus ochrolaemus
• Para Foliage-gleaner Automolus paraensis
• Chestnut-crowned Foliage-gleaner Automolus rufipileatus
• Eastern Woodhaunter Automolus subulatus
• Western Woodhaunter Automolus virgatus
• Point-tailed Palmcreeper Berlepschia rikeri
• Black-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus falcularius
• Xingu Scythebill Campylorhamphus multostriatus
• Tapajos Scythebill Campylorhamphus probatus
• Curve-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus procurvoides
• Brown-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus pusillus
• Red-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus trochilirostris
• Spot-throated Woodcreeper Certhiasomus stictolaemus
• Yellow-chinned Spinetail Certhiaxis cinnamomeus
• Red-and-white Spinetail Certhiaxis mustelinus
• Pale-browed Treehunter Cichlocolaptes leucophrus
• Cryptic Treehunter Cichlocolaptes mazarbarnetti
• Chestnut-winged Cinclodes Cinclodes albidiventris
• Cream-winged Cinclodes Cinclodes albiventris
• Blackish Cinclodes Cinclodes antarcticus
• Royal Cinclodes Cinclodes aricomae
• White-winged Cinclodes Cinclodes atacamensis
• Cordoba Cinclodes Cinclodes comechingonus
• Stout-billed Cinclodes Cinclodes excelsior
• Buff-winged Cinclodes Cinclodes fuscus
• Seaside Cinclodes Cinclodes nigrofumosus
• Olrog's Cinclodes Cinclodes olrogi
• Grey-flanked Cinclodes Cinclodes oustaleti
• Long-tailed Cinclodes Cinclodes pabsti
• White-bellied Cinclodes Cinclodes palliatus
• Dark-bellied Cinclodes Cinclodes patagonicus
• Surf Cinclodes Cinclodes taczanowskii
• Canebrake Groundcreeper Clibanornis dendrocolaptoides
• Henna-hooded Foliage-gleaner Clibanornis erythrocephalus
• Chestnut-capped Foliage-gleaner Clibanornis rectirostris
• Ruddy Foliage-gleaner Clibanornis rubiginosus
• Santa Marta Foliage-gleaner Clibanornis rufipectus
• Lark-like Brushrunner Coryphistera alaudina
• Creamy-crested Spinetail Cranioleuca albicapilla
• Light-crowned Spinetail Cranioleuca albiceps
• Line-cheeked Spinetail Cranioleuca antisiensis
• Russet-mantled Softtail Cranioleuca berlepschi
• Ash-browed Spinetail Cranioleuca curtata
• Tepui Spinetail Cranioleuca demissa
• Coiba Spinetail Cranioleuca dissita
• Red-faced Spinetail Cranioleuca erythrops
• Streak-capped Spinetail Cranioleuca hellmayri
• Bolivian Spinetail Cranioleuca henricae
• Marcapata Spinetail Cranioleuca marcapatae
• Scaled Spinetail Cranioleuca muelleri
• Olive Spinetail Cranioleuca obsoleta
• Pallid Spinetail Cranioleuca pallida
• Stripe-crowned Spinetail Cranioleuca pyrrhophia
• Grey-headed Spinetail Cranioleuca semicinerea
• Crested Spinetail Cranioleuca subcristata
• Parker's Spinetail Cranioleuca vulpecula
• Rusty-backed Spinetail Cranioleuca vulpina
• Long-tailed Woodcreeper Deconychura longicauda
• Cinnamon-throated Woodcreeper Dendrexetastes rufigula
• Tawny-winged Woodcreeper Dendrocincla anabatina
• Plain-brown Woodcreeper Dendrocincla fuliginosa
• Ruddy Woodcreeper Dendrocincla homochroa
• White-chinned Woodcreeper Dendrocincla merula
• Plain-winged Woodcreeper Dendrocincla turdina
• Tyrannine Woodcreeper Dendrocincla tyrannina
• Amazonian Barred-Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes certhia
• Hoffmanns's Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes hoffmannsi
• Black-banded Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes picumnus
• Planalto Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes platyrostris
• Northern Barred-Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae
• Chestnut-winged Foliage-gleaner Dendroma erythroptera
• Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner Dendroma rufa
• Zimmer's Woodcreeper Dendroplex kienerii
• Straight-billed Woodcreeper Dendroplex picus
• Scimitar-billed Woodcreeper Drymornis bridgesii
• Greater Scythebill Drymotoxeres pucheranii
• Pacific Hornero Furnarius cinnamomeus
• Crested Hornero Furnarius cristatus
• Wing-banded Hornero Furnarius figulus
• Pale-legged Hornero Furnarius leucopus
• Caribbean Hornero Furnarius longirostris
• Lesser Hornero Furnarius minor
• Rufous Hornero Furnarius rufus
• Pale-billed Hornero Furnarius torridus
• Striated Earthcreeper Geocerthia serrana
• Short-billed Miner Geositta antarctica
• Thick-billed Miner Geositta crassirostris
• Common Miner Geositta cunicularia
• Creamy-rumped Miner Geositta isabellina
• Greyish Miner Geositta maritima
• Coastal Miner Geositta peruviana
• Campo Miner Geositta poeciloptera
• Puna Miner Geositta punensis
• Rufous-banded Miner Geositta rufipennis
• Dark-winged Miner Geositta saxicolina
• Slender-billed Miner Geositta tenuirostris
• Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Glyphorynchus spirurus
• Sharp-billed Treehunter Heliobletus contaminatus
• White-browed Spinetail Hellmayrea gularis
• Red-billed Woodcreeper Hylexetastes perrotii
• Bar-bellied Woodcreeper Hylexetastes stresemanni
• Uniform Woodcreeper Hylexetastes uniformis
• Spot-crowned Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes affinis
• Guianan Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes albolineatus
• Narrow-billed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes angustirostris
• Duida Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes duidae
• Scalloped Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes falcinellus
• Inambari Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes fatimalimae
• Dusky-capped Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes fuscicapillus
• Montane Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger
• White-striped Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes leucogaster
• Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
• Scaled Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes squamatus
• Plain-mantled Tit-Spinetail Leptasthenura aegithaloides
• Andean Tit-Spinetail Leptasthenura andicola
• Brown-capped Tit-Spinetail Leptasthenura fuliginiceps
• Rusty-crowned Tit-Spinetail Leptasthenura pileata
• Tufted Tit-Spinetail Leptasthenura platensis
• Araucaria Tit-Spinetail Leptasthenura setaria
• Streaked Tit-Spinetail Leptasthenura striata
• Striolated Tit-Spinetail Leptasthenura striolata
• White-browed Tit-Spinetail Leptasthenura xenothorax
• Straight-billed Reedhaunter Limnoctites rectirostris
• Sulphur-bearded Reedhaunter Limnoctites sulphuriferus
• Curve-billed Reedhaunter Limnornis curvirostris
• Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper Lochmias nematura
• Beautiful Treerunner Margarornis bellulus
• Ruddy Treerunner Margarornis rubiginosus
• Pearled Treerunner Margarornis squamiger
• Fulvous-dotted Treerunner Margarornis stellatus
• White-bellied Spinetail Mazaria propinqua
• Great Xenops Megaxenops parnaguae
• Orange-fronted Plushcrown Metopothrix aurantiaca
• Rufous-tailed Xenops Microxenops milleri
• Long-billed Woodcreeper Nasica longirostris
• Rufous-rumped Foliage-gleaner Neophilydor erythrocercum
• Slaty-winged Foliage-gleaner Neophilydor fuscipenne
• Rock Earthcreeper Ochetorhynchus andaecola
• Crag Chilia Ochetorhynchus melanurus
• Band-tailed Earthcreeper Ochetorhynchus phoenicurus
• Straight-billed Earthcreeper Ochetorhynchus ruficaudus
• Chestnut-backed Thornbird Phacellodomus dorsalis
• Orange-eyed Thornbird Phacellodomus erythrophthalmus
• Orange-breasted Thornbird Phacellodomus ferrugineigula
• Plain Thornbird Phacellodomus inornatus
• Spot-breasted Thornbird Phacellodomus maculipectus
• Greater Thornbird Phacellodomus ruber
• Rufous-fronted Thornbird Phacellodomus rufifrons
• Little Thornbird Phacellodomus sibilatrix
• Streak-fronted Thornbird Phacellodomus striaticeps
• Freckle-breasted Thornbird Phacellodomus striaticollis
• Black-capped Foliage-gleaner Philydor atricapillus
• Alagoas Foliage-gleaner Philydor novaesi
• Cinnamon-rumped Foliage-gleaner Philydor pyrrhodes
• Wren-like Rushbird Phleocryptes melanops
• Spotted Barbtail Premnoplex brunnescens
• Rusty-winged Barbtail Premnornis guttuliger
• Cactus Canastero Pseudasthenes cactorum
• Dusky-tailed Canastero Pseudasthenes humicola
• Patagonian Canastero Pseudasthenes patagonica
• Steinbach's Canastero Pseudasthenes steinbachi
• Streaked Tuftedcheek Pseudocolaptes boissonneautii
• Pacific Tuftedcheek Pseudocolaptes johnsoni
• Buffy Tuftedcheek Pseudocolaptes lawrencii
• Caatinga Cacholote Pseudoseisura cristata
• White-throated Cacholote Pseudoseisura gutturalis
• Brown Cacholote Pseudoseisura lophotes
• Rufous Cacholote Pseudoseisura unirufa
• White-throated Treerunner Pygarrhichas albogularis
• Roraiman Barbtail Roraimia adusta
• Chotoy Spinetail Schoeniophylax phryganophilus
• Grey-throated Leaftosser Sclerurus albigularis
• Black-tailed Leaftosser Sclerurus caudacutus
• Scaly-throated Leaftosser Sclerurus guatemalensis
• Middle American Leaftosser Sclerurus mexicanus
• South American Leaftosser Sclerurus obscurior
• Short-billed Leaftosser Sclerurus rufigularis
• Rufous-breasted Leaftosser Sclerurus scansor
• Spectacled Prickletail Siptornis striaticollis
• Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus griseicapillus
• Bay-capped Wren-Spinetail Spartonoica maluroides
• Des Murs's Wiretail Sylviorthorhynchus desmursii
• Tawny Tit-Spinetail Sylviorthorhynchus yanacensis
• Pale-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis albescens
• Dark-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis albigularis
• White-lored Spinetail Synallaxis albilora
• Azara's Spinetail Synallaxis azarae
• Rio Orinoco Spinetail Synallaxis beverlyae
• Slaty Spinetail Synallaxis brachyura
• Cabanis's Spinetail Synallaxis cabanisi
• White-whiskered Spinetail Synallaxis candei
• Black-throated Spinetail Synallaxis castanea
• Chestnut-throated Spinetail Synallaxis cherriei
• Chinchipe Spinetail Synallaxis chinchipensis
• Grey-bellied Spinetail Synallaxis cinerascens
• Bahia Spinetail Synallaxis cinerea
• Stripe-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis cinnamomea
• Apurimac Spinetail Synallaxis courseni
• Rufous-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis erythrothorax
• Sooty-fronted Spinetail Synallaxis frontalis
• Rusty-headed Spinetail Synallaxis fuscorufa
• Plain-crowned Spinetail Synallaxis gujanensis
• Red-shouldered Spinetail Synallaxis hellmayri
• Great Spinetail Synallaxis hypochondriaca
• Cinereous-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis hypospodia
• Pinto's Spinetail Synallaxis infuscata
• Hoary-throated Spinetail Synallaxis kollari
• McConnell's Spinetail Synallaxis macconnelli
• Marañon Spinetail Synallaxis maranonica
• Dusky Spinetail Synallaxis moesta
• Rufous-capped Spinetail Synallaxis ruficapilla
• Ruddy Spinetail Synallaxis rutilans
• Ochre-cheeked Spinetail Synallaxis scutata
• Araguaia Spinetail Synallaxis simoni
• Spix's Spinetail Synallaxis spixi
• Necklaced Spinetail Synallaxis stictothorax
• Silvery-throated Spinetail Synallaxis subpudica
• Blackish-headed Spinetail Synallaxis tithys
• Rufous Spinetail Synallaxis unirufa
• Russet-bellied Spinetail Synallaxis zimmeri
• Russet-mantled Foliage-gleaner Syndactyla dimidiata
• Guttulate Foliage-gleaner Syndactyla guttulata
• White-throated Foliage-gleaner Syndactyla roraimae
• Rufous-necked Foliage-gleaner Syndactyla ruficollis
• Buff-browed Foliage-gleaner Syndactyla rufosuperciliata
• Bolivian Recurvebill Syndactyla striata
• Lineated Foliage-gleaner Syndactyla subalaris
• Peruvian Recurvebill Syndactyla ucayalae
• Chaco Earthcreeper Tarphonomus certhioides
• Bolivian Earthcreeper Tarphonomus harterti
• Flammulated Treehunter Thripadectes flammulatus
• Striped Treehunter Thripadectes holostictus
• Uniform Treehunter Thripadectes ignobilis
• Black-billed Treehunter Thripadectes melanorhynchus
• Streak-breasted Treehunter Thripadectes rufobrunneus
• Rufous-backed Treehunter Thripadectes scrutator
• Streak-capped Treehunter Thripadectes virgaticeps
• Delta Amacuro Softtail Thripophaga amacurensis
• Orinoco Softtail Thripophaga cherriei
• Plain Softtail Thripophaga fusciceps
• Speckled Spinetail Thripophaga gutturata
• Striated Softtail Thripophaga macroura
• White-throated Earthcreeper Upucerthia albigula
• Scale-throated Earthcreeper Upucerthia dumetaria
• Patagonian Forest Earthcreeper Upucerthia saturatior
• Buff-breasted Earthcreeper Upucerthia validirostris
• Double-banded Greytail Xenerpestes minlosi
• Equatorial Greytail Xenerpestes singularis
• Plain Xenops Xenops minutus
• Streaked Xenops Xenops rutilans
• Slender-billed Xenops Xenops tenuirostris
• White-throated Woodcreeper Xiphocolaptes albicollis
• Moustached Woodcreeper Xiphocolaptes falcirostris
• Great Rufous Woodcreeper Xiphocolaptes major
• Strong-billed Woodcreeper Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus
• Ceara Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus atlanticus
• Elegant Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus elegans
• Spotted Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus erythropygius
• Ivory-billed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus flavigaster
• Lesser Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus fuscus
• Buff-throated Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus guttatus
• Black-striped Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus
• Striped Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus obsoletus
• Ocellated Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus ocellatus
• Chestnut-rumped Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus pardalotus
• Spix's Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus spixii
• Cocoa Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus susurrans
• Olive-backed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus triangularis

Lookalikes compared

• Black-striped Woodcreeper vs Straight-billed Woodcreeper
• Buffy Tuftedcheek vs Chiriqui Foliage-gleaner
• Dusky Spinetail vs Dark-breasted Spinetail
• Dusky-tailed Canastero vs Patagonian Canastero
• Eastern Woodhaunter vs Tawny Tit-Spinetail
• Grey-bellied Spinetail vs Spix's Spinetail
• Lineated Foliage-gleaner vs Spotted Barbtail
• Middle American Leaftosser vs Tawny-winged Woodcreeper
• Narrow-billed Woodcreeper vs Bay-capped Wren-Spinetail
• Northern Barred-Woodcreeper vs Spotted Woodcreeper
• Olive-backed Foliage-gleaner vs Fulvous-dotted Treerunner
• Plain Xenops vs Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner
• Plain Xenops vs Streak-breasted Treehunter
• Plain-winged Woodcreeper vs Black-banded Woodcreeper
• Ruddy Foliage-gleaner vs Rufous-breasted Spinetail
• Rufous-capped Spinetail vs Pale-breasted Spinetail
• Scale-throated Earthcreeper vs Buff-breasted Earthcreeper
• Scalloped Woodcreeper vs Peruvian Recurvebill
• Short-billed Canastero vs Sharp-billed Canastero
• Streak-backed Canastero vs Cordilleran Canastero
• Streak-fronted Thornbird vs Spot-breasted Thornbird
• Tawny Tit-Spinetail vs Brown-capped Tit-Spinetail
• Tawny-winged Woodcreeper vs Northern Barred-Woodcreeper
• Wedge-billed Woodcreeper vs Northern Barred-Woodcreeper