Lepidocolaptes

<i>Lepidocolaptes</i>

Lepidocolaptes

Genus of birds

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.

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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]

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The lesser woodcreeper was formerly included in this genus, but is now in Xiphorhynchus.

References

  1. [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. [2]
    Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 221. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  3. [3]
    Gray, George Robert (1855). Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum. London: British Museum. p. 29.
  4. [4]
    Peters, James Lee, ed. (1951). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 7. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 47.
  5. [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.


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