List of tapaculo species

Tapaculos form the family Rhinocryptidae. The International Ornithological Congress (IOC) recognizes these 60 species of tapaculos; 44 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
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
Mouse-colored tapaculo	Scytalopus speluncae	18
Boa Nova tapaculo	Scytalopus gonzagai	19
Rock tapaculo	Scytalopus petrophilus	20
Planalto tapaculo	Scytalopus pachecoi	21
Brasilia tapaculo	Scytalopus novacapitalis	22
Bolivian white-crowned tapaculo	Scytalopus bolivianus	23
Northern white-crowned tapaculo	Scytalopus atratus	24
Santa Marta tapaculo	Scytalopus sanctaemartae	25
Rufous-vented tapaculo	Scytalopus femoralis	26
Long-tailed tapaculo	Scytalopus micropterus	27
Narino tapaculo	Scytalopus vicinior	28
El Oro tapaculo	Scytalopus robbinsi	29
Tatama tapaculo	Scytalopus alvarezlopezi	30
Choco tapaculo	Scytalopus chocoensis	31
Magdalena tapaculo	Scytalopus rodriguezi	32
Stiles's tapaculo	Scytalopus stilesi	33
Tacarcuna tapaculo	Scytalopus panamensis	34
Silvery-fronted tapaculo	Scytalopus argentifrons	35
Caracas tapaculo	Scytalopus caracae	36
Merida tapaculo	Scytalopus meridanus	37
Brown-rumped tapaculo	Scytalopus latebricola	38
Perija tapaculo	Scytalopus perijanus	39
Spillmann's tapaculo	Scytalopus spillmanni	40
Chusquea tapaculo	Scytalopus parkeri	41
Trilling tapaculo	Scytalopus parvirostris	42
Tschudi's tapaculo	Scytalopus acutirostris	43
Unicolored tapaculo	Scytalopus unicolor	44
Pale-bellied tapaculo	Scytalopus griseicollis	45
Paramillo tapaculo	Scytalopus canus	46
Paramo tapaculo	Scytalopus opacus	47
Ancash tapaculo	Scytalopus affinis	48
Neblina tapaculo	Scytalopus altirostris	49
Vilcabamba tapaculo	Scytalopus urubambae	50
Diademed tapaculo	Scytalopus schulenbergi	51
Puna tapaculo	Scytalopus simonsi	52
Zimmer's tapaculo	Scytalopus zimmeri	53
White-browed tapaculo	Scytalopus superciliaris	54
Magellanic tapaculo	Scytalopus magellanicus	55
Dusky tapaculo	Scytalopus fuscus	56
Blackish tapaculo	Scytalopus latrans	57
Junin tapaculo	Scytalopus gettyae	58
Large-footed tapaculo	Scytalopus macropus	59
Diamantina tapaculo	Scytalopus diamantinensis	60

Three species of tapaculo endemic to the Peruvian Andes were recently described in 2020 and do not have positions in the IOC sequence. All three are in the Scytalopus magellanicus complex.[2]

• White-winged tapaculo, Scytalopus krabbei
• Jalca tapaculo, Scytalopus frankeae
• Ampay tapaculo, Scytalopus whitneyi

In addition, Scytalopus opacus androstictus, a subspecies of S. opacus, was found to represent its own species Scytalopus androstictus.[2]

References

1. Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P. (July 2020). "IOC World Bird List (v 10.2)". Retrieved July 15, 2020.
2. Krabbe, Niels K.; Schulenberg, Thomas S.; Hosner, Peter A.; Rosenberg, Kenneth V.; Davis, Tristan J.; Rosenberg, Gary H.; Lane, Daniel F.; Andersen, Michael J.; Robbins, Mark B.; Cadena, Carlos Daniel; Valqui, Thomas. "Untangling cryptic diversity in the High Andes: Revision of the Scytalopus [magellanicus] complex (Rhinocryptidae) in Peru reveals three new species". The Auk. doi:10.1093/auk/ukaa003.