Scytalopus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Formicaroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Eusaurischia Subordo: 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 Classis/Infraclassis: Aves Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Ornithuromorpha Cladus: Carinatae Subclassis/Parvclassis: Neornithes Infraclassis/Cohors: 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 view Reference 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 view Reference 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 view Reference 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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