Scytalopus

Scytalopus magellanicus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Formicaroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Cladus: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crocopoda Cladus: Archosauriformes Cladus: Eucrocopoda Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Eumaniraptora Cladus: Avialae Subclassis: Aves Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Ornithuromorpha Cladus: Carinatae Cladus: Neornithes Infraclassis: Neognathae Cladus: Neoaves Cladus: Telluraves Cladus: Australaves Ordo: Passeriformes Subordo: Tyranni Infraordo: Tyrannides Parvordo: Furnariida Superfamilia: Formicaroidea

Familia: Rhinocryptidae
Genus: Scytalopus
Species: S. acutirostris – S. affinis – S. androstictus – S. altirostris – S. alvarezlopezi – S. argentifrons – S. atratus – S. bolivianus – S. canus – S. caracae – S. chocoensis – S. diamantinensis – S. femoralis – S. frankeae – S. fuscus – S. gettyae – S. gonzagai – S. griseicollis – S. intermedius – S. iraiensis – S. krabbei – S. latebricola – S. latrans – S. macropus – S. magellanicus – S. meridanus – S. micropterus – S. novacapitalis – S. opacus – S. pachecoi – S. panamensis – S. parkeri – S. parvirostris – S. perijanus – S. petrophilus – S. robbinsi – S. rodriguezi – S. sanctaemartae – S. schulenbergi – S. simonsi – S. speluncae – S. spillmanni – S. stilesi – S. superciliaris – S. unicolor – S. urubambae – S. vicinior – S. whitneyi – S. zimmeri

Name

Scytalopus Gould, 1837

• Typus: Motacilla magellanica Gmelin, 1789 = Scytalopus magellanicus

Synonyms

• Agathopus P.L. Sclater, 1858 PZS p. 69
• Sylviaxis Lesson, 1840 Rev.Zool. p. 274

References

Primary references

• Gould, J. 1836. Exhibition of Birds allied to the European Wren, with characters of new species (exhibited several specimens and drawings of Birds and proposed a new genus). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Pt 4 no.46: 88–90. BHL Reference page.  Original description p. 89 BHL

Additional references

• Whitney, B. M. 1994. A new Scytalopus tapaculo (Rhinocryptidae) from Bolivia, with notes on other Bolivian members of the genus and the magellanicus complex. The Wilson Bulletin 106(4): 585-614. Full article (PDF)Reference page. 
• Krabbe, N. & Schulenberg, T.S.. 1997. Species limits and natural history of Scytalopus Tapaculos (Rhinocryptidae), with descriptions of the Ecuadorian taxa, including three new species. In: Studies in Neotropical Ornithology honoring Ted Parker. Ornithological Monographs 48: 46-88. Full publication (PDF)Reference page. 
• Coopmans, P., Krabbe, N., & Schulenberg, T.S. (2001). Vocal evidence of species rank for nominate Unicoloured Tapaculo Scytalopus unicolor. Bulletin British Ornithologists’ Club 121: 208–213. Full article viewReference page. 
• Cuervo, A.M.; Cadena, C.D.; Krabbe, N. & Renjifo, L.M. 2005. Scytalopus stilesi, a new species of tapaculo (Rhinocryptidae) from the Cordillera Central of Colombia. The Auk 122(2): 445–463. Full article (PDF)Reference page. 
• Krabbe, N., Salaman, P.G.W., Cortés, A., Quevedo, A., Ortega, L.A. & Cadena, C.D. 2005. A new species of tapaculo from the upper Magdalena valley, Colombia. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 125: 93–108. Full article (PDF)Reference page. 
• Maurício, G.N. 2005. Taxonomy of new populations in the Scytalopus speluncae group, with description of a new species and remarks on the systematics and biogeography of the complex (Passeriformes: Rhinocryptidae). Ararajuba - Revista brasileira de Ornitologia 13(1): 7–28. Full article (PDF)Reference page. 
• Maurício, G.N. & Bornschein, M.R. 2017. On identification errors in Scytalopus speluncae (Ménétriés) and S. pachecoi Maurício from southern Brazil with new data on distribution and biogeography of these taxa (Aves: Rhinocryptidae). Zootaxa 4350(3): 595–599. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4350.3.13. Reference page. 
• Bornschein, M.R., Maurício, G.N., Belmonte-Lopes, R., Mata, H. & Bonatto, S.L. 2007. Diamantina Tapaculo, a new Scytalopus endemic to the Chapada Diamantina, northeastern Brazil (Passeriformes: Rhinocryptidae). Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia 15(2):151–174. Full article (PDF)Reference page. 
• Donegan, T.M. & Avendaño, J.E. (2008). Notes on Tapaculos (Passeriformes: Rhinocryptidae) of the Eastern Andes of Colombia and Venezuelan Andes, with a new subspecies of Scytalopus griseicollis from Colombia. Ornitología Colombiana 6: 24–65. Full article (PDF)Reference page. 
• Mata, H., Fontana, C.S., Maurício, G.N., Bornschein, M.R., Vasconcelos, M.F., & Bonatto, S.L. 2009. Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the eastern tapaculos (Aves: Rhinocryptidae: Scytalopus, Eleoscytalopus): cryptic diversification in Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 53: 450–462. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.07.017 Full article.Reference page. 
• Krabbe, N., & C. D. Cadena. 2010. A taxonomic revision of the Paramo Tapaculo Scytalopus canus Chapman (Aves: Rhinocryptidae), with description of a new subspecies from Ecuador and Peru. Zootaxa 2354: 56–66. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.193541 Full article viewReference page. 
• Whitney, B.M., Vasconcelos, M.F., Silveira, L.F. & Pacheco, J.F. 2010. Scytalopus petrophilus (Rock Tapaculo): a new species from Minas Gerais, Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia 18(2): 73–88. Online.Reference page. 
• Maurício, G.N., Bornschein, M.R., Vasconcelos, M.F., Whitney, B.M., Pacheco, J.F. & Silveira, L.F. 2010. Taxonomy of “Mouse-colored Tapaculos”. I. On the application of the name Malacorhynchus speluncae Ménétries, 1835 (Aves: Passeriformes: Rhinocryptidae). Zootaxa 2518: 32–48. Preview Reference page. 
• Hosner, P. A., Robbins, M.B., Valqui, T., & Peterson, A.T., 2013. A New Species of Scytalopus Tapaculo (Aves: Passeriformes: Rhinocryptidae) from the Andes of Central Peru. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 125 (2): 233–242. DOI: 10.1676/12-055.1 Full article viewReference page. 
• Maurício, G.N., Belmonte-Lopes, R., Pacheco, J.F., Silveira, L.F., Whitney, B.M. & Bornschein, M.R. 2014. Taxonomy of “Mouse-colored Tapaculos” (II): An endangered new species from the montane Atlantic Forest of southern Bahia, Brazil (Passeriformes: Rhinocryptidae: Scytalopus) The Auk 131(4): 643–659. Full article and Erratum: The Auk 132(4): 951–952. 2015 Erratum. Reference page. 
• Avendaño, J. E.; Cuervo, A.M.; López-O., J.P.; Gutiérrez Pinto, N.; Cortés-Diago, A. & Cadena, C.D.. 2015. A new species of tapaculo (Rhinocryptidae: Scytalopus) from the Serranía de Perijá of Colombia and Venezuela. The Auk 132: 450–46. Full article (PDF)Reference page. 
• Stiles, F.G., Laverde-R., O. & Cadena, C.D. 2017. A new species of tapaculo (Rhinocryptidae: Scytalopus) from the Western Andes of Colombia. The Auk 134(2): 377–392. DOI: 10.1642/AUK-16-205.1 Reference page. 
• Cadena, C.D., Cuervo, A.M., Céspedes, L.N., Bravo, G.A., Krabbe, N., Schulenberg, T.S., Derryberry, G.E., Silveira, L.F., Derryberry, E.P., Brumfield, R.T. & Fjeldså, J. 2020. Systematics, biogeography, and diversification of Scytalopus tapaculos (Rhinocryptidae), an enigmatic radiation of Neotropical montane birds. The Auk 137(2): 1–30. DOI: 10.1093/auk/ukz077 Reference page. 
• Krabbe, N., Schulenberg, T.S., Hosner, P.A., Rosenberg, K.V., Davis, T.J., Rosenberg, G.H., Lane, D.F., Andersen, M.J., Robbins, M.B., Cadena, C.D., Valqui, T., Salter, J.F., Spencer, A.J., Angulo, F. & Fjeldså, J. 2020. Untangling cryptic diversity in the High Andes: Revision of the Scytalopus [magellanicus] complex (Rhinocryptidae) in Peru reveals three new species. The Auk 137(2): 1–26 DOI: 10.1093/auk/ukaa003 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Tapaculos
español: Churrines; tapaculos
português: Tapaculos

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