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.
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]
The genus contains 11 species:[5]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lepidocolaptes leucogaster | White-striped woodcreeper | Mexico. | |
| Lepidocolaptes souleyetii | southern Mexico to northwestern Peru, northern Brazil and Guyana, and also on Trinidad. | ||
| Lepidocolaptes angustirostris | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Suriname, and Uruguay. | ||
| Lepidocolaptes affinis | central Mexico in the east, the Sierra Madre Orientals, to northern Panama. | ||
| Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger | Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. | ||
| Lepidocolaptes squamatus | Brazil. | ||
| Lepidocolaptes falcinellus | southeastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay and far northeastern Argentina. | ||
| Lepidocolaptes albolineatus | Brazil, French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, and eastern Venezuela. | ||
| Lepidocolaptes duidae | Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. | ||
| Lepidocolaptes fatimalimae | 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.