#certhioidea

[best-bird-tournament]

Certhioidea superfamily

Which is the best bird?

White-breasted nuthatch

Short-toed treecreeper

Blue nuthatch

Bay wren

White-lored gnatcatcher

Carolina wren

Wallcreeper

Voting ended onDec 31, 2025

[alonglistofbirds]

[2851/11080] Cuban gnatcatcher - Polioptila lembeyei

Order: Passeriformes Suborder: Passeri Superfamily: Certhioidea Family: Polioptilidae (gnatcatchers)

Photo credit: Roberto Jovel via Macaulay Library

[saritawolf]

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) - (c) SaritaWolf - please do not repost

[animalids]

Canyon wren (Catherpes mexicanus)

Photo by Marlin Harms

[dendroica]

Brown creeper at Ohio River National Wildlife Refuge (via U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Region)

Birders with sharp hearing skills are most likely to discover a brown creeper -- the tiny birds are so well camouflaged that you have to be very lucky to see one by chance! But they are actually somewhat common in our woods, where they spiral up the trunks of trees foraging for food. Listen for their piercing call, then look for a little piece of bark shaking in the wind!

Credit: Michael Schramm/USFWS

[hello-birdies]

Certhia brachydactyla by Antonio de la Cruz

[wingedjewels]

Singing Carolina Wren by John Beetham

[saritawolf]

Brown-headed Nuthatch (Sitta pusilla) - (c) SaritaWolf - please do not repost