Lepidocolaptes

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
Spot-crowned woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes affinis)
Scientific 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 Lichtenstein, 1822
Species
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
	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.

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.