Lepidocolaptes
| Lepidocolaptes | |
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| Spot-crowned woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes affinis) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Furnariidae |
| Subfamily: | Dendrocolaptinae |
| Genus: | Lepidocolaptes Reichenbach, 1853 |
| Type species | |
| Dendrocolaptes squamatus Scaled woodcreeper Lichtenstein, 1822 | |
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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 |
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Lepidocolaptes leucogaster | White-striped woodcreeper | Mexico. |
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Lepidocolaptes souleyetii | Streak-headed woodcreeper | southern Mexico to northwestern Peru, northern Brazil and Guyana, and also on Trinidad. |
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Lepidocolaptes angustirostris | Narrow-billed woodcreeper | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Suriname, and Uruguay. |
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Lepidocolaptes affinis | Spot-crowned woodcreeper | central Mexico in the east, the Sierra Madre Orientals, to northern Panama. |
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Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger | Montane woodcreeper | Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. |
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Lepidocolaptes squamatus | Scaled woodcreeper | Brazil. |
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Lepidocolaptes falcinellus | Scalloped woodcreeper | southeastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay and far northeastern Argentina. |
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Lepidocolaptes albolineatus | Guianan woodcreeper | Brazil, French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, and eastern Venezuela. |
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Lepidocolaptes duidae | Duida woodcreeper | Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. |
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Lepidocolaptes fatimalimae | Inambari woodcreeper | southwestern Amazonia |
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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.
References
- ^ 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].
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 221. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Gray, George Robert (1855). Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum. London: British Museum. p. 29.
- ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1951). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 7. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 47.
- ^ 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.
