Furnariidae – Ovenbirds

Montane Woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger) by Ian

Montane Woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger) by Ian

Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? (Matthew 6:30 KJV)


CLASS – AVES, Order – PASSERIFORMES, Family – Furnariidae – Ovenbirds


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Species (315)

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


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Ovenbirds or furnariids are a large family of small suboscine passerine birds found in Mexico, and Central and South America. They form the family Furnariidae. The Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapillus), which breeds in North America, is not actually a furnariid – rather it is a distantly related bird of the wood warbler family, Parulidae.

The ovenbirds are a diverse group of insectivores which get their name from the elaborate, vaguely “oven-like” clay nests built by the horneros, although most other ovenbirds build stick nests or nest in tunnels or clefts in rock. The Spanish word for “oven” (horno) gives the horneros their name. Furnariid nests are always constructed with a cover, and up to six pale blue, greenish or white eggs are laid. (Wikipedia with editing)

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