Scaled Woodcreeper
Lepidocolaptes squamatus
The scaled woodcreeper is 19 to 20 cm (7.5 to 7.9 in) long and weighs about 27 g (0.95 oz). It is a medium-sized woodcreeper with a slim, somewhat decurved bill. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a dusky face with whitish streaks and a whitish supercilium that is often broken. Their crown is dark brown lightly spotted with buff. Their back is bright reddish brown and their rump, wings, and tail cinnamon-rufous. Their throat is whitish. Their breast and belly are dusky brown with bold, black-edged, whitish streaks. Voice: The song of the scaled woodcreeper's nominate subspecies is a "series of sharp, connected 'pi' notes, slightly rising and slowing down and sharply falling off at end". Its call is "péeir". The song and call of L. s. wagleri are not well known but appear to be similar to those of the nominate.
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Spot-crowned Woodcreeper
Lepidocolaptes affinis
The spot-crowned woodcreeper is 19 to 22 cm (7.5 to 8.7 in) long and weighs 28 to 38 g (0.99 to 1.3 oz). It is a slim, medium-sized woodcreeper with a slim, moderately decurved bill. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies L. a. affinis have a dusky face and sides of the neck with a black malar stripe. Their crown and nape are dark brown with conspicuous buffy spots or diamonds that sometimes extend as thin streaks onto the upper back. Their back and wing coverts are plain brown, their rump rufous-cinnamon, and their wings and tail rufous-chestnut. Voice: The songs of the northern two subspecies of the spot-crowned woodcreeper differ from that of the southern subspecies. The "northern" song is a "high-pitched rising phrase of typically 3 notes (occasionally 2 or 4) tseeu-tsee-tsee". Those subspecies make "tseeuee" and shorter "tseeu" calls. The southern subspecies L. a.
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