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Northern Barred-Woodcreeper
Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae
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About the Northern Barred-Woodcreeper
The northern barred woodcreeper (Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae) is a sub-oscine passerine bird in subfamily Dendrocolaptinae of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found from southern Mexico through Central America to Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador.
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Classification
- Scientific name
- Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae
- Family
- Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers
- Order
- Passeriformes
Similar species
Other members of the ovenbirds and woodcreepers family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.
- Black-banded Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes picumnus
- Fawn-throated Foliage-gleaner Automolus cervinigularis
- Ivory-billed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus flavigaster
- Middle American Leaftosser Sclerurus mexicanus
- Northern Plain-Xenops Xenops mexicanus
- Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus griseicapillus
- Ruddy Foliage-gleaner Clibanornis rubiginosus
- Ruddy Woodcreeper Dendrocincla homochroa
- Rufous-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis erythrothorax
- Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner Anabacerthia variegaticeps
- Scaly-throated Leaftosser Sclerurus guatemalensis
- Spot-crowned Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes affinis
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