Scytalopus opacus

Scytalopus opacus, Colombia

Scytalopus opacus — distribution map

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: 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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