Passeriformes
Tapaculos (Rhinocryptidae)
HBW 8, p. 748
- Small to medium-sized terrestrial birds with short, broadly rounded wings, large feet, most with short tail; nostril covered by tactile opercula; plumage grey-brown to rufous-brown, grey, blackish and white.
- Neotropical Region.
- Forest, woodland, bushy country, bamboo thickets and semi-arid scrub, a few species among grass tussocks and rocks, one in rushy marshes.
- 12 genera, 61 species, 75 taxa.
- 6 species threatened; none extinct since 1600.
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- 6 1 2 3 8 1 Chestnut-throated Huet-huet (Pteroptochos castaneus)
- 6 1 3 2 8 2 Black-throated Huet-huet (Pteroptochos tarnii)
- 23 3 4 16 8 3 Moustached Turca (Pteroptochos megapodius)
- 5 1 1 3 8 4 White-throated Tapaculo (Scelorchilus albicollis)
- 11 2 7 2 8 5 Chucao Tapaculo (Scelorchilus rubecula)
- 4 2 2 8 6 Crested Gallito (Rhinocrypta lanceolata)
- 6 2 2 2 8 7 Sandy Gallito (Teledromas fuscus)
- 10 3 2 5 8 8 Rusty-belted Tapaculo (Liosceles thoracicus)
- 15 2 3 10 8 9 Ocellated Tapaculo (Acropternis orthonyx)
- 5 1 1 3 8 10 Ochre-flanked Tapaculo (Eugralla paradoxa)
- 2 1 1 3 11 Marsh Tapaculo (Scytalopus iraiensis)
- 9 1 4 4 8 12 Mouse-coloured Tapaculo (Scytalopus speluncae)
- 10 2 4 4 6 13 Brasilia Tapaculo (Scytalopus novacapitalis)
- 3 3 9 14 Rock Tapaculo (Scytalopus petrophilus)
- 2 1 1 6 15 Diamantina Tapaculo (Scytalopus diamantinensis)
- 3 1 2 8 16 Planalto Tapaculo (Scytalopus pachecoi)
- 8 3 4 1 6 17 White-breasted Tapaculo (Scytalopus indigoticus)
- 4 1 3 2 18 Bahia Tapaculo (Scytalopus psychopompus)
- 0 8 19 Bolivian Tapaculo (Scytalopus bolivianus)
- 4 2 1 1 8 20 White-crowned Tapaculo (Scytalopus atratus)
- 5 1 1 3 8 21 Santa Marta Tapaculo (Scytalopus sanctaemartae)
- 1 1 8 22 Rufous-vented Tapaculo (Scytalopus femoralis)
- 1 1 8 23 Long-tailed Tapaculo (Scytalopus micropterus)
- 1 1 8 24 Stiles's Tapaculo (Scytalopus stilesi)
- 5 1 3 1 8 25 Narino Tapaculo (Scytalopus vicinior)
- 1 1 3 26 Ecuadorian Tapaculo (Scytalopus robbinsi)
- 3 1 1 1 3 27 Upper Magdalena Tapaculo (Scytalopus rodriguezi)
- 0 4 28 Pale-throated Tapaculo (Scytalopus panamensis)
- 2 1 1 8 29 Choco Tapaculo (Scytalopus chocoensis)
- 0 8 30 Silvery-fronted Tapaculo (Scytalopus argentifrons)
- 1 1 8 31 Caracas Tapaculo (Scytalopus caracae)
- 2 1 1 8 32 Merida Tapaculo (Scytalopus meridanus)
- 1 1 8 33 Brown-rumped Tapaculo (Scytalopus latebricola)
- 4 1 2 1 8 34 Spillmann's Tapaculo (Scytalopus spillmanni)
- 5 1 1 3 8 35 Chusquea Tapaculo (Scytalopus parkeri)
- 1 1 8 36 Trilling Tapaculo (Scytalopus parvirostris)
- 2 1 1 8 37 Tschudi's Tapaculo (Scytalopus acutirostris)
- 1 1 8 38 Unicoloured Tapaculo (Scytalopus unicolor)
- 0 8 39 Lara Tapaculo (Scytalopus fuscicauda)
- 4 2 1 1 8 40 Matorral Tapaculo (Scytalopus griseicollis)
- 4 1 2 1 8 41 Paramo Tapaculo (Scytalopus canus)
- 2 1 1 8 42 Ancash Tapaculo (Scytalopus affinis)
- 0 8 43 Neblina Tapaculo (Scytalopus altirostris)
- 0 8 44 Vilcabamba Tapaculo (Scytalopus urubambae)
- 2 1 1 8 45 Diademed Tapaculo (Scytalopus schulenbergi)
- 9 1 3 5 8 46 Puna Tapaculo (Scytalopus simonsi)
- 2 2 8 47 Zimmer's Tapaculo (Scytalopus zimmeri)
- 4 2 2 8 48 White-browed Tapaculo (Scytalopus superciliaris)
- 9 1 2 6 8 49 Magellanic Tapaculo (Scytalopus magellanicus)
- 6 2 1 3 8 50 Dusky Tapaculo (Scytalopus fuscus)
- 9 4 4 1 6 51 Spotted Bamboowren (Psilorhamphus guttatus)
- 7 3 2 2 8 51 Blackish Tapaculo (Scytalopus latrans)
- 1 1 8 52 Large-footed Tapaculo (Scytalopus macropus)
- 3 3 10 52 Milpo Tapaculo (Scytalopus sp nova)
- 2 1 1 8 53 Ash-coloured Tapaculo (Myornis senilis)
- 6 4 2 2 54 Stresemann's Bristlefront (Merulaxis stresemanni)
- 15 6 3 6 6 55 Slaty Bristlefront (Merulaxis ater)
- 15 1 5 9 8 57 Collared Crescentchest (Melanopareia torquata)
- 6 2 2 2 8 58 Olive-crowned Crescentchest (Melanopareia maximiliani)
- 4 2 2 6 59 Maranon Crescentchest (Melanopareia maranonica)
- 5 1 1 3 8 60 Elegant Crescentchest (Melanopareia elegans)
Family statistics
12 genera, 61 species
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| 12 genera | (100%) |
| 55 species | (90%) |
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