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 | |
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| Spot-crowned woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes affinis) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Furnariidae |
| Genus: | Lepidocolaptes Reichenbach, 1853 |
| Type species | |
| Dendrocolaptes squamatus Scaled woodcreeper Lichtenstein, 1822 | |
| Species | |
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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]
- White-striped woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes leucogaster)
- Streak-headed woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes souleyetii)
- Narrow-billed woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes angustirostris)
- Spot-crowned woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes affinis)
- Montane woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger)
- Scaled woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes squamatus)
- Scalloped woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes falcinellus)
- Guianan woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes albolineatus)
- Duida woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes duidae)
- Inambari woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes fatimalimae)
- Dusky-capped woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes fuscicapillus) (formerly named Rondonia woodcreeper)
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). Dresden und Leipzig: Expedition Vollständigsten Naturgeschichte. p. 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. Volume 7. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 47.
|volume=has extra text (help) - 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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