Lepidocolaptes is a genus of birds in the ovenbird family Furnariidae. These are relatively small woodcreepers (subfamily Dendrocolaptinae) with fairly long, thin and slightly decurved bills.
Taxonomy
The genus Lepidocolaptes was introduced in 1853 by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach. The name combines the Ancient Greek lepis meaning "scale" with kolaptēs meaning "pecker". The type species was designated as the scaled woodcreeper by George Robert Gray in 1855.
The genus contains 11 species:
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Scientific name
Common name
Distribution
Lepidocolaptes leucogaster
White-striped woodcreeper
Mexico.
Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
Streak-headed woodcreeper
southern Mexico to northwestern Peru, northern Brazil and Guyana, and also on Trinidad.
Lepidocolaptes angustirostris
Narrow-billed woodcreeper
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Suriname, and Uruguay.
Lepidocolaptes affinis
Spot-crowned woodcreeper
central Mexico in the east, the Sierra Madre Orientals, to northern Panama.
Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger
Montane woodcreeper
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
Lepidocolaptes squamatus
Scaled woodcreeper
Brazil.
Lepidocolaptes falcinellus
Scalloped woodcreeper
southeastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay and far northeastern Argentina.
Lepidocolaptes albolineatus
Guianan woodcreeper
Brazil, French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, and eastern Venezuela.
Lepidocolaptes duidae
Duida woodcreeper
Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
Lepidocolaptes fatimalimae
Inambari woodcreeper
southwestern Amazonia
Lepidocolaptes fuscicapillus
Dusky-capped woodcreeper (formerly named Rondonia woodcreeper)
southeastern Amazonia
The lesser woodcreeper was formerly included in this genus, but is now in Xiphorhynchus.
Species
The genus contains 11 species:
Image
Scientific name
Common name
Distribution
Lepidocolaptes leucogaster
White-striped woodcreeper
Mexico.
Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
Streak-headed woodcreeper...
