Lepidocolaptes
Genus of birds
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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.
| Lepidocolaptes | |
|---|---|
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| Spot-crowned woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes affinis) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Furnariidae |
| Subfamily: | Dendrocolaptinae |
| Genus: | Lepidocolaptes Reichenbach, 1853 |
| Type species | |
| Dendrocolaptes squamatus Scaled woodcreeper Lichtenstein, 1822 | |
| Species | |
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see text | |
Taxonomy
The genus Lepidocolaptes was introduced in 1853 by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach.[1] The name combines the Ancient Greek lepis meaning "scale" with kolaptēs meaning "pecker".[2] The type species was designated as the scaled woodcreeper by George Robert Gray in 1855.[3][4]
Species
The genus contains 11 species:[5]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
_(8079381062)_(2).jpg) | Lepidocolaptes leucogaster | White-striped woodcreeper | Mexico. |
.jpg) | 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. |
_(14033555252).jpg) | Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger | Montane woodcreeper | Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. |
.jpg) | Lepidocolaptes squamatus | Scaled woodcreeper | Brazil. |
.jpg) | 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 |
.jpg) | 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.
