List of tapaculo species

Tapaculos form the avian family Rhinocryptidae. The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes these 65 species of tapaculos; 49 are in genus Scytalopus and the rest are distributed among 11 other genera.[1]

This list is presented according to the IOC taxonomic sequence and can also be sorted alphabetically by common name and binomial.

Common name | Binomial name | IOC sequence

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Ocellated tapaculo | Acropternis orthonyx | 1
Chestnut-throated huet-huet | Pteroptochos castaneus | 2
Black-throated huet-huet | Pteroptochos tarnii | 3
Moustached turca | Pteroptochos megapodius | 4
White-throated tapaculo | Scelorchilus albicollis | 5
Chucao tapaculo | Scelorchilus rubecula | 6
Crested gallito | Rhinocrypta lanceolata | 7
Sandy gallito | Teledromas fuscus | 8
Rusty-belted tapaculo | Liosceles thoracicus | 9
Spotted bamboowren | Psilorhamphus guttatus | 10
Slaty bristlefront | Merulaxis ater | 11
Stresemann's bristlefront | Merulaxis stresemanni | 12
Ochre-flanked tapaculo | Eugralla paradoxa | 13
Ash-colored tapaculo | Myornis senilis | 14
White-breasted tapaculo | Eleoscytalopus indigoticus | 15
Bahia tapaculo | Eleoscytalopus psychopompus | 16
Marsh tapaculo | Scytalopus iraiensis | 17
Diamantina tapaculo | Scytalopus diamantinensis | 18
Brasilia tapaculo | Scytalopus novacapitalis | 19
Rock tapaculo | Scytalopus petrophilus | 20
Planalto tapaculo | Scytalopus pachecoi | 21
Boa Nova tapaculo | Scytalopus gonzagai | 22
Mouse-colored tapaculo | Scytalopus speluncae | 23
Dusky tapaculo | Scytalopus fuscus | 24
Magellanic tapaculo | Scytalopus magellanicus | 25
Ancash tapaculo | Scytalopus affinis | 26
White-winged tapaculo | Scytalopus krabbei | 27
Loja tapaculo | Scytalopus androstictus | 28
Paramo tapaculo | Scytalopus opacus | 29
Paramillo tapaculo | Scytalopus canus | 30
White-browed tapaculo | Scytalopus superciliaris | 31
Zimmer's tapaculo | Scytalopus zimmeri | 32
Puna tapaculo | Scytalopus simonsi | 33
Diademed tapaculo | Scytalopus schulenbergi | 34
Vilcabamba tapaculo | Scytalopus urubambae | 35
Ampay tapaculo | Scytalopus whitneyi | 36
Jalca tapaculo | Scytalopus frankeae | 38
Neblina tapaculo | Scytalopus altirostris | 38
Trilling tapaculo | Scytalopus parvirostris | 39
Bolivian tapaculo | Scytalopus bolivianus | 40
White-crowned tapaculo | Scytalopus atratus | 41
Santa Marta tapaculo | Scytalopus sanctaemartae | 42
Long-tailed tapaculo | Scytalopus micropterus | 43
Rufous-vented tapaculo | Scytalopus femoralis | 44
Utcubamba tapaculo | Scytalopus intermedius | 45
Large-footed tapaculo | Scytalopus macropus | 46
Junin tapaculo | Scytalopus gettyae | 47
Unicolored tapaculo | Scytalopus unicolor | 48
Tschudi's tapaculo | Scytalopus acutirostris | 49
Blackish tapaculo | Scytalopus latrans | 50
Silvery-fronted tapaculo | Scytalopus argentifrons | 51
Narino tapaculo | Scytalopus vicinior | 52
Tacarcuna tapaculo | Scytalopus panamensis | 53
Choco tapaculo | Scytalopus chocoensis | 54
Magdalena tapaculo | Scytalopus rodriguezi | 55
Stiles's tapaculo | Scytalopus stilesi | 56
Tatama tapaculo | Scytalopus alvarezlopezi | 57
El Oro tapaculo | Scytalopus robbinsi | 58
Caracas tapaculo | Scytalopus caracae | 59
Pale-bellied tapaculo | Scytalopus griseicollis | 60
Brown-rumped tapaculo | Scytalopus latebricola | 61
Perija tapaculo | Scytalopus perijanus | 62
Merida tapaculo | Scytalopus meridanus | 63
Chusquea tapaculo | Scytalopus parkeri | 64
Spillmann's tapaculo | Scytalopus spillmanni | 65

## References[edit]

1. ^ Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P. (July 2021). "IOC World Bird List (v 12.1)". doi:10.14344/IOC.ML.11.2. Retrieved January 15, 2022.