Tapaculos (Rhinocryptidae)

Magellanic Tapaculo (Scytalopus magellanicus) - HBW 8, p. 782

French: Mérulaxe des Andes German: Magellantapaculo Spanish: Churrín Magallánico
Other common names: Andean Tapaculo (when combined with other forms previously treated as conspecific)

Taxonomy: Motacilla magellanica J. F. Gmelin, 1789, Tierra del Fuego.
Formerly included S. acutirostris, S. fuscicauda, S. griseicollis, S. canus, S. affinis, S. altirostris, S. urubambae, S. simonsi, S. zimmeri, S. superciliaris and S. fuscus as races. Studies have shown, however, that it differs vocally from all of them; also occurs in sympatry with last of those in C Chile (from Valdivia to Bío Bío). Monotypic.