Scalloped Woodcreeper / Lepidocolaptes falcinellus
Scalloped Woodcreeper
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Protonym: Thripobrotus falcinellus Mus.Hein. 2 p.38
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Furnariidae / Lepidocolaptes
Taxonomy Code: scawoo2
Type Locality: Montevideo and Buenos Aires; error = ?
Author: Cabanis & Heine
Publish Year: 1860
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.
falcinellus
(a) Mod. L. falcinellus with a small sickle < dim. L. falx, falcis sickle, hook.
• "Long broad bill appears heavy, even swollen (at most angles) and has obvious downward kink at tip." (Cramp et al. (eds.) 1983) (OD not yet seen (Pontoppidan, 1763, Danske Atlas, I, p. 623)) (Calidris).
• "140. 2. T. falcinellus *) Nob. Picolaptes squamatus Lafr. (nec Licht.) Mon. Dendr. p. 71. 12. — Dendrocolaptes falcinellus Licht. in Mus. Berol." (Cabanis & Heine 1859); "Small, with slender, notably decurved bill and scaled underparts." (Pearman & Areta 2020) (Lepidocolaptes).
• "Pipilo maculatus falcinellus, new subspecies. ... From Pipilo m. curtatus it differs in slightly longer hind claw" (Swarth 1913) (subsp. Pipilo maculatus) (see falcifer).
(b) Italian name Falcinellus for the Glossy Ibis; "85. TANTALUS. ... Falcinellus. 2. T. facie nigra, pedibus cœruleis, alis caudaque violaceis, corpore castaneo. Numenius rostro arcuato, corpore castaneo, pedibus obscure virentibus. Kram. austr. 350. Numenius viridis. Briss. av. 5. p. 326. t. 27. f. 2.. Falcinellus. Gesn. av. 220. Will. orn. 218. t. 54. Raj. av. 103. n. 3. Falcinellus s. Avis falcata. Aldr. orn. 3. p. 3. 422. t. 423. Mars. danub. 5. p. 42. t. 19. Habitat in Austria, Italia, circa lacus." (Linnaeus 1766) (Plegadis).
Falcinellus
Mod. L. falcinellus little sickle (bird) < dim. L. falx, falcis sickle.
• (Scolopacidae; syn. Calidris † Broad-billed Sandpiper C. falcinellus) "5. Tringa platyrhyncha. ... 5. Regenläufer. Falcinellus. Cuv. Entw[ickelung]. Alle Körpertheile verkleinern sich. Char[akter]. Strandläufer mit bogenförmigem, plattgedrücktem Schnabel. Leb[ensart]. Wie bei Phaeopus." (Kaup 1829); "Falcinellus Kaup, Skizz. Entwick.-Gesch. Nat. Syst. p. 37 (pref. April), 1829. Type (by monotypy): Tringa platyrhynchus Temm. = S. falcinellus Pontopp. Not Vieillot, Analyse, p. 47, 1816." (Mathews, 1927, Syst. Av. Austral., I, p. 178).
• (Scolopacidae; syn. Calidris † Curlew Sandpiper C. ferruginea) "LES FALCINELLES. (FALCINÈLLUS. Cuv.) Dont le bec est déprimé, et conserve ses sillons comme celui des corlieux, mais qui n'ont aucun pouce. Ce sont en quelque sort des sanderlings à bec arqué. On n'en connaît qu'une espèce, qui est de ce pays-ci (Scol. pygmea, Lin.), encore à peu près du même plumage que les courlis et le corlieu, mais à peine de la taille d'une alouette" (Cuvier 1817); "Falcinellus Cuvier, Règne Anim. vol. i. p. 486 (1817=), Dec. 1816. Type (by monotypy): Scol. pygmæa Linn. [= Gmelin] = S. testacea Vroeg. Not of Vieillot, Analyse nouv. Ornith. p. 47, April 1816." (Mathews, 1927, Syst. Av. Austral., I, p. 177).
• (Threkiornithidae; syn. Plegadis † Glossy Ibis P. falcinellus) "FALCINELLUS, Ray. Tantalus, L. Numenius, Briss. Tantalides, Wagl. F. igneus, (Gm.) n. T. falcinellus, L. Hist. d'Égypte, Ois., pl. 7." (G. Gray 1841); "Falcinellus (not of Illiger, 1816) Gray, List Gen. Bds., p. 67, 1841—type, by orig. desig., "F. igneus (Gmelin)" = Tantalus falcinellus Linnaeus." (Hellmayr and Conover, 1948, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. I (2), p. 264).
• (Promeropidae; syn. Promerops † Cape Sugarbird P. cafer) "166. PROMÉROPS, Falcinellus. Upupa, Linn. Gm. Lath. Bec plus long que la tête, convexe en dessus, comprimé latéralement, arqué, acuminé; mandibule supérieure la plus longue. — Langue courte et pointue, ou médiocre et ciliée à l'extrémité. — Douze rectrices. Esp. Promerops, Buff." (Vieillot 1816); "Falcinellus Vieillot, 1816, Analyse, p. 47. Type, by monotypy, "Promerops" of de Buffon = Merops cafer Linnaeus, 1758." (JAJ 2021).
UPPERCASE: current genus
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lowercase: species and subspecies
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