Birds of Guyana

    PASSERIFORMES: Furnariidae (Ovenbirds)  
Genus: Lepidocolaptes (3 species, 11 worldwide)

Lepidocolaptes is a genus of small woodcreepers (17-20cm.) with thin curved bills and heavy streaking in front and much less on the back.


Guianan Woodcreeper
Guianan Woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes albolineatus)
Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Anselmo d'Affonseca   © All Rights Reserved.

Note spots on head different from Inambari Woodcreeper and Duida Woodcreeper (all once called the Lineated Woodcreeper).

Narrow-billed Woodcreeper
Narrow-billed Woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes angustirostris)
Ibera Wetlands, Carlos Pellegrini, Argentina  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Streak-headed Woodcreeper
Streak-headed Woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes souleyetii)
Zafra Reserva Natural, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Small and thin.


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