page_title: List of birds of Nicaragua
section_title: Ovenbirds and woodcreepers
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Nicaragua / Ovenbirds and woodcreepers
caption_attribution_description: Plain Xenops Xenops minutus. Rodovia Empei Hiraide SP-139, próximo à cidade de Registro-SP
context_page_description: This is a list of the bird species recorded in Nicaragua. The avifauna of Nicaragua included a total of 776 species as of December 2019, according to Bird Checklists of the World. Of the species, 134 are rare or accidental and five have been introduced by humans. None are endemic.
  This list is presented in the taxonomic sequence of the Check-list of North and Middle American Birds, 7th edition through the 61st Supplement, published by the American Ornithological Society. Common and scientific names are also those of the Check-list, except that the common names of families are from the Clements taxonomy because the AOS list does not include them.
  Unless otherwise noted, the species on this list are considered to occur regularly in Nicaragua as permanent residents, summer or winter visitors, or migrants. The following tags have been used to highlight several categories. The tags and notes of population status are from Bird Checklists of the World.
  Accidental - a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Nicaragua
  (I) Introduced - a species introduced to Nicaragua as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions
context_section_description: Order: Passeriformes   Family: Furnariidae
  Ovenbirds comprise a large family of small sub-oscine passerine bird species found in Central and South America. They are a diverse group of insectivores which gets its name from the elaborate "oven-like" clay nests built by some species, although others build stick nests or nest in tunnels or clefts in rock. The woodcreepers are brownish birds which maintain an upright vertical posture supported by their stiff tail vanes. They feed mainly on insects taken from tree trunks.
  Tawny-throated leaftosser, Sclerurus mexicanus
  Scaly-throated leaftosser, Sclerurus guatemalensis
  Olivaceous woodcreeper, Sittasomus griseicapillus
  Long-tailed woodcreeper, Deconychura longicauda (near-threatened)
  Ruddy woodcreeper, Dendrocincla homochroa
  Tawny-winged woodcreeper, Dendrocincla anabatina
  Plain-brown woodcreeper, Dendrocincla fuliginosa
  Wedge-billed woodcreeper, Glyphorynchus spirurus
  Northern barred-woodcreeper, Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae
  Black-banded woodcreeper, Dendrocolaptes picumnus (A)
  Strong-billed woodcreeper, Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus
  Cocoa woodcreeper, Xiphorhynchus susurrans
  Ivory-billed woodcreeper, Xiphorhynchus flavigaster
  Black-striped woodcreeper, Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus
  Spotted woodcreeper, Xiphorhynchus erythropygius
  Brown-billed scythebill, Campylorhamphus pusillus (A)
  Streak-headed woodcreeper, Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
  Spot-crowned woodcreeper, Lepidocolaptes affinis
  Plain xenops, Xenops minutus
  Streaked xenops, Xenops rutilans (A)
  Scaly-throated foliage-gleaner, Anabacerthia variegaticeps
  Ruddy foliage-gleaner, Clibanornis rubiginosus
  Buff-throated foliage-gleaner, Automolus ochrolaemus
  Striped woodhaunter, Automolus subulatus
  Slaty spinetail, Synallaxis brachyura
caption: Plain xenops
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