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Lepidocolaptes

Genus of birds

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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:

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

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