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Scalloped Woodcreeper
Lepidocolaptes falcinellus (Cabanis & Heine, 1860)
Furnariidae — Ovenbirds
Scalloped Woodcreeper, Lepidocolaptes falcinellus, is a Furnariidae bird of eastern South America, breeding in e Paraguay, s Brazil and ne Argentina. It is a resident of humid Atlantic Forest and also uses drier forest in the planalto. This medium-sized woodcreeper has a long, slightly curved bill and the sexes look alike. Its face is creamy white with dark mottling, and the underparts show bold streaking that gives a scaly effect. It lives in forest edges and interior, from lowlands to 1,600 m, and only rarely higher.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Furnariidae — Ovenbirds
- Breeding range
- South America: e Paraguay, s Brazil and ne Argentina
