Lepidocolaptes
Spot-crowned woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes affinis)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Furnariidae
Subfamily: Dendrocolaptinae
Genus: Lepidocolaptes
Reichenbach, 1853
Type species
Dendrocolaptes squamatus
Scaled woodcreeper
Species

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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.

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
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 western Amazonia.
Lepidocolaptes fuscicapillus Dusky-capped woodcreeper (formerly named Rondonia woodcreeper) southwestern Amazonia

The lesser woodcreeper was formerly included in this genus, but is now in Xiphorhynchus.

References

  1. ^ Reichenbach, Ludwig (1853). "Icones ad synopsin avium No. 10 Scansoriae A". Handbuch der speciellen Ornithologie (in German). Vol. 6. Dresden und Leipzig: Expedition Vollständigsten Naturgeschichte. pp. 145–218 [183–184].
  2. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 221. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  3. ^ Gray, George Robert (1855). Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum. London: British Museum. p. 29.
  4. ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1951). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 7. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 47.
  5. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2021). "Ovenbirds, woodcreepers". IOC World Bird List Version 11.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 29 June 2021.


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