Dendrocolaptidae

cocoa woodcreeperCocoa woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus susurrans).

Dendrocolaptidae, songbird family, order Passeriformes, consisting of a number of brownish birds of the forest or brushland and found from Mexico through South America. Representative members are the scythebill and the woodcreeper (qq.v.).

This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen.