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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.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassAves
  4. OrderPasseriformes
  5. FamilyFurnariidae
Observations recorded557,235

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
14
With media
2
Family
Furnariidae
Collections
LACM, ROM, LSUMZ, CLO, UNICAMP, FMNH
Recorded in
Ecuador, Argentina, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Furnariidae
Image
Streak-headed Woodcreeper - Darién - Panama (48444473992).jpg
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Commons category
Lepidocolaptes
taxon rank
genus
taxon name
Lepidocolaptes
topic's main category
Category:Lepidocolaptes
Commons gallery
Lepidocolaptes
taxon range
Brazil
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Encyclopedic overview

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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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lepidocolaptes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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