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Black-throated Huet-huet

Pteroptochos tarnii(King, PP, 1831)

English (US) Black-throated Huet-huet

The Black-throated Huet-huet (Pteroptochos tarnii) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Rhinocryptidae (Tapaculos) in the order Passeriformes.

Range: southern Chile, from Río Biobío (also locally on right bank south of Río Laja) southward to northern Magallanes, and adjacent western Argentina (from western Neuquén southward to southwestern Santa Cruz); could occur locally farther southRange summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Pteroptochos tarnii
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
Black-throated Huet-huet
Described by
(King, PP, 1831)

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Taxonomic history

First described as
Hylactes Tarnii
Described by
(King, PP, 1831)
Type locality
Chiloe Island, and Port Otway, Gulf of Penas.
Original description
Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 1, no.1 p.15

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

See all 65 species of the family Rhinocryptidae