Scaled Woodcreeper
lepidocolaptes squamatus
Dendrocolaptidae · Woodcreepers
- Disc 2 · 2001 listed
- Disc 3 · 2006 listed
- Disc 1 · 2011 listed
The account
Description
19 cm. Larger than Lepidocolaptes fuscus. Bill long, somewhat decurved, flesh-colored. Crown brownish, striped beige. An indication of a whitish superciliary. Back, wings and tail rufous without spots. Throat whitish unstriped, the sides of neck with whitish streaks. Chest and belly dark brown with white streaks that have black borders.
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The disc records this picture against the bird without a caption. Disc 3 · 2006
Where it was recorded
The discs' own checklists select Scaled Woodcreeper at 17 localities.
- Angra dos Reis ANRB
- Assis ASSB
- Boraceia BOSB
- Campos do Jordão CASB
- Fazenda Intervales FASB
- Jureia-Peruibe JUSB position not recoverable
- Nucleo Sta. Virginia NUSP
- Parati PARB
- PE Carlos Botelho PCSB
- PE Jacupiranga PJSB
- Reserva Ecológica Guapiacú RERB
- Rio de Janeiro RIRB
- Serra Bocaina SESB
- Serra da Cantareira SRSB
- Serra dos Orgãos SRRB
- Serra dos Tucanos SDTC
- Ubatuba UBSB
How the map was made
The original program computed each red dot at display time from the locality's coordinates, using its map library and one of five base maps drawn for the screen widths of the day. That library's projection — an oblique rotation of the sphere about the map's own centre, 23.7°S 47.4°W — was read from the program and checked against the graticule the same program drew into the base maps: it reproduces every grid intersection to within about a pixel. The dots here use that projection on the 1280-pixel base map, with the coordinates the discs record. Nothing was placed by hand, no modern map data was used, and a place whose coordinate is incomplete, out of range or beyond the map's edge is listed rather than guessed.
The discs carried location maps only; none shows a distribution or range.
The account, continued
Voice
Single call similar to preceding species: 'tshirrr' or 'pitshirr'. Also a 'pidu pidu' etc. Song a descending 'pi pi pi pi pi pi pi' or 'pi pi pi pui pui zizizizizi'. Some songs have a remote resemblance with the song of Dysithamnus xanthopterus (consult 101).
Behavior
Scales trees, mainly foraging in the canopy.
Breeding
Nests in tree holes and occasionally in buildings (30).
Habitat and status
Uncommon in primary and secondary forests. Found at higher altitudes (800-1400 meters) in the Serra Mantiqueira. Unlike the preceding species not so much found in open areas.
Distribution
Throughout, up to 1600 meters.
Taxonomy notes
Judging from the similarities in coloration and vocalizations this species seems to form a superspecies with Lepidocolaptes angustirostris.
Decoded from the disc's own bytes. Each part is shown under the heading the disc files it under, and the wording, spelling and punctuation are the author's.
Vocalizations
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Song. 10/21/99, Serra da Mantiqueira, Hotel do Ype. Clear, 25°C. Primary forest.
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Calls. 10/27/99, Campos do Jordão. Clear, 20°C. With Amazona vinacea, Cyclarhis gujanensis, Crypturellus obsoletus, Turdus rufiventris, Pachyramphus polychopterus, Zonotrichia capensis, Ramphastos dicolorus.
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Call. Cornell Cat#23781. Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, 11/16/80. Recording by T. A. Parker, III.
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Song, call. Cornell Cat#32212. 2 adults, 11/26/82. Recording by T. A. Parker, III.
Recording files on the disc
- 8729.wav Song. 10/21/99, Serra da Mantiqueira, Hotel do Ype. Clear, 25°C. Primary forest.
- 6363.wav Calls. 10/27/99, Campos do Jordão. Clear, 20°C. With Amazona vinacea, Cyclarhis gujanensis, Crypturellus obsoletus, Turdus rufiventris, Pachyramphus polychopterus, Zonotrichia capensis, Ramphastos dicolorus.
- 3716.wav Call. Cornell Cat#23781. Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, 11/16/80. Recording by T. A. Parker, III.
- 4900.wav Song, call. Cornell Cat#32212. 2 adults, 11/26/82. Recording by T. A. Parker, III.
Across the three discs
The work was published on three discs — Disc 2 in 2001, Disc 3 in 2006 and Disc 1 in 2011. Where they differ, that is a difference between historical releases, and it is never merged away. The 2011 disc is not treated as correcting the earlier ones.
Which discs list this bird
- Disc 2 · 2001 — in this disc's bird list
- Disc 3 · 2006 — in this disc's bird list
- Disc 1 · 2011 — in this disc's bird list
How that was established
- Disc 2 · 2001
aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1- Disc 3 · 2006
aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1- Disc 1 · 2011
aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1
The disc's own record fields that place the bird on its list: a non-empty entry in the species table, and the byte that marks it as selected on a local checklist.
The account in the Disc 1 · 2011 revision
The 2011 Disc 1 revision edited this account; the sections listed below differ from the Disc 3 release text.
Sections with genuine 2011 edits (vs the Disc 3 release): description; voice; distribution; taxonomy_notes.
Description Disc 1 · 2011
19 cm. Bill long, somewhat decurved, flesh-colored. Crown brownish, striped beige. An indication of a whitish superciliary. Back, wings and tail rufous without spots. Throat whitish unstriped, the sides of neck with whitish streaks. Chest and belly dark brown with white streaks that have black borders. Differs from Lepidocolaptes falcinellus(almost no overlap) by weaker supercilium, weaker and less extensive crown streaking, whiter underparts, paler crown and upperparts. Also similar to Xiphorhynchus fuscus, but larger, pale markings are more white streaking of underparts have black borders and back is unmarked.
Voice Disc 1 · 2011
L. falcinellus (examples # 1-4): Single call similar to preceding species: 'tshirrr' or 'pitshirr'. Also a 'pidu pidu' etc. Song a descending 'pi pi pi pi pi pi pi' or 'pi pi pi pui pui zizizizizi'. Some songs have a remote resemblance with the song of Dysithamnus xanthopterus (101). Indistiguishable from the voice of Lepidocolaptes squamatus (example # 5).
Behavior Disc 1 · 2011
Scales trees, mainly foraging in the canopy.
Breeding Disc 1 · 2011
Nests in tree holes and occasionally in buildings (30).
Habitat and status Disc 1 · 2011
Uncommon in primary and secondary forests. Found at higher altitudes (800-1400 meters) in the Serra Mantiqueira. Unlike the preceding species not so much found in open areas.
Distribution Disc 1 · 2011
Estado Rio de Janeiro to North bank of Rio Paraiba do Sul, Northern Estado Sao Paulo.
Taxonomy notes Disc 1 · 2011
Lepidocolaptes falcinellus, Scalloped Woodcreeper, Southern Estado Sao Paulo to South bank of Rio Paraiba do Sul and North side of Serra Mantiqueira is considered to be a good species and differs from Lepidocolaptes squamatus by broader buff-white crown streaks that cover also the neck area as well and more conspicuous supercilium (196). However hybrids exist in Southern Minas Gerais (197), which bring up the question, whether the two taxa are indeed full species.
Recordings and images first listed on Disc 1 · 2011
L. squamatus, ML94934, February 12, 1997, Nova Lombardia, Bahia. Luis Aleixo Disc 1 · 2011
squamatus Disc 1 · 2011
No corresponding file survives on any preserved disc. The historical entry above is retained as metadata.
The work's own taxonomy
The discs carried three parallel name schemes. All three are shown as recovered; none is a modern taxonomy and none has been updated.
| Scheme | Scientific name | English name | Family |
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| WORLD | lepidocolaptes squamatus | Scaled Woodcreeper | Dendrocolaptidae |
| CLEMENTS | lepidocolaptes squamatus | Scaled Woodcreeper | Dendrocolaptidae |
| AOU_HM | lepidocolaptes squamatus | Scaled Woodcreeper | Dendrocolaptidae |
Source details
- Identifier on this site
- seb_species_0103
- Account identifier
- seb_account_0103
- Account number on the disc
- 103
- Source edition
- CD03 / 2006 package
- Original taxonomy scheme
- WORLD
- Structure status
- heuristic; decoded_account_text and segment JSON remain authoritative