Birds of Peru

    PASSERIFORMES: Furnariidae (Ovenbirds)  
Genus: Lepidocolaptes (4 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.


Duida Woodcreeper
Duida Woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes duidae)
Iquitos, Peru  
   
Photograph by Jon Irvine   © All Rights Reserved.

A small woodcreeper with a short curved bill and vertical streaking in front, but unstreaked on head and back. From a five way split from the Lineated Woodcreeper, and virtually identical to the Inambari Woodcreeper. Found north of Amazon River, west of Leticia, and in the eastern parts of Colombia and Ecuador and northeast Peru.

Inambari Woodcreeper
Inambari Woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes fatimalimae)
San Martín, Peru
  Note pearly marks on front similar to Montane Woodcreeper and others in the genus.
   
Photograph by Peter Kaestner   © All Rights Reserved.

Inambari Woodcreeper
Inambari Woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes fatimalimae)
Villa Rica, Peru  
   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.

A small woodcreeper with heavy streaking in front like Montane Woodcreeper, but unstreaked on back. From a five way split from the Lineated Woodcreeper, and virtually identical to the Duida Woodcreeper. Found south of Amazon River, in western Amazon to east Peru.


Montane Woodcreeper
Montane Woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger sneiderni)
San Sebastian Reserve, Envigado, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Common and widespread. A medium-sized woodcreeper, usually with mixed flocks.
Additional photo.

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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