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. The name combines the Ancient Greek lepis meaning "scale" with kolaptēs meaning "pecker". The type species was designated as the scaled woodcreeper by George Robert Gray in 1855.
Species The genus contains 11 species: Image Scientific name Common name DistributionLepidocolaptes 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 AmazoniaLepidocolaptes fuscicapillus Dusky-capped woodcreeper (formerly named Rondonia woodcreeper) southeastern Amazonia
The lesser woodcreeper was formerly included in this genus, but is now in Xiphorhynchus.
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