Lepidocolaptes cf. squamatus (Scaled Woodcreeper)

Vasconcelos, Marcelo Ferreira de, 2018, First avifaunal survey of a Cerrado dry forest enclave on the right bank of the São Francisco River, Minas Gerais, Brazil, with insights on geographic variation of some species, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 58, pp. 1-18 : 6

Lepidocolaptes cf. squamatus (Scaled Woodcreeper)

This species was frequent during our survey (IFL=19.5%),occurring mainly in dry forest and its borders. We collected two specimens (MCNA 4978, MCNA 5237). Both exhibit plumage of crown as assigned for L.squamatus (following Silva & Straube, 1996). Nevertheless, their underparts are more similar to that of L. wagleri , showing inconspicuous dark borders on the streaks of breast and belly ( Fig. 6 ). Other specimens also present intermediate plumage between L. wagleri and L. squamatus ( Silva & Straube, 1996; Vasconcelos et al., 2012; see also Appendix 1). Thus, it is worthy that a detailed revision coupling molecular and morphological data is conduct- ed within this complex in order to understand a possible intergradation zone between the two taxa.

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Figure 6. From left to right: specimens of Lepidocolaptes squamatus from Pedra Bonita,Minas Gerais (MCNA 4079),Morro do Pilar,Minas Gerais (MCNA 4480);and specimens of Lepidocolaptes cf.squamatus from Curral de Pedras, Minas Gerais (MCNA 4978,MCNA 5237) in frontal (A) and ventral (B) views.