Lepidocolaptes | |
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Lepidocolaptes affinis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Furnariidae |
Subfamily: | Dendrocolaptinae |
Genus: |
Lepidocolaptes L. Reichenbach, 1853 |
Species | |
see text |
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Lepidocolaptes is a genus of bird in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily. These are relatively small woodcreepers with fairly long, thin and slightly decurved bills.
The lesser woodcreeper was formerly included in this genus, but is now in Xiphorhynchus.