Streak-headed Woodcreeper

SCI Name:  Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
Protonym:  Dendrocolaptes Souleyetii Iconogr.Orn. livr.12 pl.70,text
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Furnariidae / Lepidocolaptes
Taxonomy Code:  sthwoo1
Type Locality:  Peru; types from Payta.
Author:  Des Murs
Publish Year:  1849
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

LEPIDOCOLAPTES
(Furnariidae; Ϯ Scaled Woodcreeper L. squamatus) Gr. λεπις lepis, λεπιδος lepidos  scale, flake  < λεπω lepō  to peel; κολαπτης kolaptēs  pecker  < κολαπτω kolaptō  to peck; "CV. Lepidocolaptes RCHB. "Picolaptes" Nat. Syst. t. XXXVI.   ...   Kleid rothbraun, Unterseite weißschuppig großfleckig.    a) Weißgefleckte Arten.   *432. L. squamatus (Dendrocol. — LICHST. p. 258. t. II. f. 1.)  ...  433. L. Wagleri (Dendrocol. — SPIX. I. 88. 5. t. XC. f. 2)  ...  *434. L. leucogaster (Ziphorh. SWS. — LAFR.)  ...  *435. L. affinis (Picolaptes — LAFR. 1850. 275.)  ...  436. L. atripes (Picolaptes — EYTON, JARD. Contrib. 1851. 76.) RCHB.   ...    b) Fahlgefleckte Arten.    *437. L. Spixii (Picolaptes — LESSON traité 314.) RCHB. t. DXXXIII. 3664.   ...   438. L. validirostris (Picolaptes — EYTON, JARD. Contrib. 1851. 75.) RCHB.   ...   439. L. Souleyetii (Dendrocol. — LAFR.) RCHB. t. DXXXIV. 3667.   ...   440. L. lineaticeps (Picolaptes — LAFR. Rev 1850. 277.) RCHB.   ...   441. L. albolineatus (Picolaptes — LAFR. 1850. 278.)   ...   442. L. notatus (Picolaptes — EYTON Contrib. 1852. 26.) RCHB." (Reichenbach 1853); "Lepidocolaptes Reichenbach, Handb. spec. Orn., cont. x, 1853, Scansoriae A. Sittinae, p. 183. Type, by subsequent designation, Dendrocolaptes squamatus Lichtenstein (G. R. Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 29)." (Peters 1951, VII, 47).
Synon. Dacryophorus.

souleyetiana / souleyetii
François Louis Auguste Souleyet (1811-1852) French surgeon-naturalist, explorer in the Pacific 1836-1837 (Lepidocolaptes, syn. Zenaida meloda).

SUBSPECIES

Streak-headed Woodcreeper (guerrerensis)
SCI Name: Lepidocolaptes souleyetii guerrerensis
guerrensis / guerrerensis
Guerrero, Mexico.

Streak-headed Woodcreeper (compressus)
SCI Name: Lepidocolaptes souleyetii compressus
compressus
L. compressus compressed, squeezed together  < comprimere  to compress.

Streak-headed Woodcreeper (lineaticeps)
SCI Name: Lepidocolaptes souleyetii lineaticeps
lineaticeps
L. lineatus  lined  < linea  line, linen thread  < linum  thread  < Gr. λινον linon  flax, thread; -ceps  -capped  < caput, capitis  head.

Streak-headed Woodcreeper (littoralis)
SCI Name: Lepidocolaptes souleyetii littoralis
littorale / littoralis
L. litoralis  littoral, of the shore  < litus, litoris  shore, beach.

Streak-headed Woodcreeper (uaireni)
SCI Name: Lepidocolaptes souleyetii uaireni
uaireni
Río Uairén, Bolívar, Venezuela.

Streak-headed Woodcreeper (esmeraldae)
SCI Name: Lepidocolaptes souleyetii esmeraldae
esmeraldae
● Esmeralda, Territorio Amazonas, Venezuela (subsp. Chordeiles pusillus).
● Esmeraldas, western Ecuador (subsp. Lepidocolaptes souleyetii, syn. Tityra semifasciata nigriceps).

Streak-headed Woodcreeper (souleyetii)
SCI Name: Lepidocolaptes souleyetii souleyetii
souleyetiana / souleyetii
François Louis Auguste Souleyet (1811-1852) French surgeon-naturalist, explorer in the Pacific 1836-1837 (Lepidocolaptes, syn. Zenaida meloda).