Scytalopus opacus

Scytalopus opacus, Colombia

Scytalopus opacus — distribution map

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Formicaroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Cladus: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crocopoda Cladus: Archosauriformes Cladus: Eucrocopoda Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Orionides Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Neocoelurosauria Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Avialae Subclassis: Aves Infraclassis: Neognathae Cladus: Neoaves Cladus: Passerea Cladus: Telluraves Cladus: Australaves Cladus: Eufalconimorphae Cladus: Psittacopasseres Ordo: Passeriformes Subordo: Tyranni Infraordo: Tyrannides Parvordo: Furnariida Superfamilia: Formicaroidea

Familia: Rhinocryptidae
Genus: Scytalopus
Species: Scytalopus opacus

Name

Scytalopus opacus J.T. Zimmer, 1941

• Holotype: AMNH 180945, adult unknown sex.
• Type locality: Tambillo, Río Upano, 8000 ft (c. 2440 m), eastern Ecuador.

Synonyms

• Scytalopus magellanicus obscurus J.T. Zimmer, 1939 (protonym)

Combinations

• Scytalopus magellanicus opacus J.T. Zimmer, 1941 (emend.)
• Scytalopus canus opacus J.T. Zimmer, 1941
• Scytalopus opaca J.T. Zimmer, 1941

References

Primary references

• Zimmer, J.T. 1939. Studies of Peruvian Birds N° XXXII. The genus Scytalopus. American Museum Novitates 1044: 1-18. hdl: 2246/4832 PDFReference page.  Original description p. 16
• Zimmer, J.T. 1941. Studies of Peruvian Birds N° XXXVIII. The genera Oreotriccus, Tyrannulus, Acrochordopus, Ornithion, Leptopogon, Mionectes, Pipromorpha, and Pyrocephalus. American Museum Novitates 1126: 1-26. hdl: 2246/4748 PDFReference page.  Corrigenda p. 25

Additional references

• 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. 
• 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. 

Links

• IUCN: Scytalopus opacus  (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

• English: Paramo tapaculo
• español: Tapaculo opaco
• Nederlands: Páramotapaculo
• svenska: páramotapakul

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