Evolution of the ovenbird-woodcreeper assemblage (Aves: Furnariidae) – major shifts in nest architecture and adaptive radiation. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-05-01] Reference
Some representative birds of the ecoregion include black-fronted piping-guan (Pipile jacutinga), helmeted woodcreeper (Dryocopus galeatus), and São Paulo tyrannulet (Phylloscartes paulistus). From Wordnik.com. [Parañá-Paraíba interior forests] Reference
Northern Barred woodcreeper foraging on tree trunks and, while we were admiring the woodcreeper a. From Wordnik.com. [10,000 Birds] Reference
The Neotropical ovenbird-woodcreeper family (Furnariidae) is an avian group characterized by exceptionally diverse ecomorphological adaptations. From Wordnik.com. [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference
The birds at the swarm today were a few bicolored antbirds, a couple of white-plumed antbirds, a reddish-winged bare-eye and a plain-brown woodcreeper. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
We present a multi-gene phylogeny and age estimates for the ovenbird-woodcreeper family and use these results to estimate the degree of convergent evolution in both phenotype and habitat utilisation. From Wordnik.com. [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference
The calculated age estimates suggest that the ovenbird-woodcreeper family started to diverge at ca 33 Mya, and that the timing of habitat shifts into open environments may be correlated with the aridification of South America during the last 15 My. From Wordnik.com. [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference
Blue-crowned Motmots, Black-striped woodcreeper (which has to be the best-looking woodcreeper going), Black-capped Pygmy-tyrant (a bird so vanishingly small I'm amazed I got any photos at all), good views of Pheasant Cuckoo (a major rarity here), and a superb Double-toothed Kite which was following a small troupe of Capuchin Monkeys in much the same way that a Cattle Egret follows cows, swooping onto whatever is flushed. From Wordnik.com. [10,000 Birds] Reference
These subspecies are bare-eyed pigeon (Columba corensis jacquin), crested bobwhite (Colinus cristatus continentis), green-rumped parrotlet (Forpus passerinus viridissimus), red-billed parrot (Pionus sordidus ponsi), brown-throated parakeet (Aratinga pertinax aeruginosa), puffbird (Bucco ruficollis decolor), straight-billed woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus picus paraguanae), straight-billed woodcreeper (Xiphorynchus picus picirostris), pale-breasted spinetail (Synallaxis albescens perpallida), red-crowned woodpecker (Melanerpes rublicapillus paraguanae), troupial (Icterus icterus ridgwayi), Orinocan saltator (Saltator orenocensis rufescens), buff-breasted wren (Thryothorus leucotis collinus), and russet-throated puffbird (Hypnelus rificollis decolor). From Wordnik.com. [Guajira-Barranquilla xeric scrub] Reference
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