Earthcreeper

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title: "Earthcreeper" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["birds-by-common-name"] topic_path: "general/birds-by-common-name" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthcreeper" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

The earthcreepers are several South American species of birds in the family Furnariidae:

• Genus Upucerthia:
  • White-throated earthcreeper (Upucerthia albigula)
  • Scale-throated earthcreeper (Upucerthia dumetaria)
  • Plain-breasted earthcreeper (Upucerthia jelskii)
  • Striated earthcreeper (Upucerthia serrana)
  • Buff-breasted earthcreeper (Upucerthia validirostris)
• Genus Ochetorhynchus:
  • Rock earthcreeper (Ochetorhynchus andaecola) – formerly in genus Upucerthia.
  • Straight-billed earthcreeper (*Ochetorhynchus ruficaudus *) – formerly in genus Upucerthia.
  • Band-tailed earthcreeper (Ochetorhynchus phoenicurus) – formerly in monotypic genus Eremobius.
• Genus Tarphonomus
  • Bolivian earthcreeper (Tarphonomus harterti) – formerly in genus Upucerthia.
  • Chaco earthcreeper (Tarphonomus certhioides) – formerly in genus Upucerthia.

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