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Spot-crowned Woodcreeper

Lepidocolaptes affinis

Range & Recent Observations

Spot-crowned Woodcreeperis a year-round resident and doesn't follow a migration flyway. See the Range tab for where it lives.

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About the Spot-crowned Woodcreeper

The spot-crowned woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes affinis), is a passerine bird in the subfamily Dendrocolaptinae of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. it is found in Middle America from Mexico to Panama.

Source: Wikipedia

Classification

Scientific name
Lepidocolaptes affinis
Family
Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers
Order
Passeriformes

Similar species

Other members of the ovenbirds and woodcreepers family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.

  • Black-banded Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes picumnus
  • Fawn-throated Foliage-gleaner Automolus cervinigularis
  • Ivory-billed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus flavigaster
  • Middle American Leaftosser Sclerurus mexicanus
  • Northern Barred-Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae
  • Northern Plain-Xenops Xenops mexicanus
  • Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus griseicapillus
  • Ruddy Foliage-gleaner Clibanornis rubiginosus
  • Ruddy Woodcreeper Dendrocincla homochroa
  • Rufous-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis erythrothorax
  • Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner Anabacerthia variegaticeps
  • Scaly-throated Leaftosser Sclerurus guatemalensis

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