Ancash Tapaculo
Scytalopus affinisZimmer, JT, 1939
English (US) Ancash Tapaculo
The Ancash Tapaculo (Scytalopus affinis) 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: western Andes of Peru (southern Cajamarca to Ancash)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Scytalopus affinis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Ancash Tapaculo
- Described by
- Zimmer, JT, 1939
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Scytalopus magellanicus affinis
- Described by
- Zimmer, JT, 1939
- Type locality
- Yanac, Ancash, Peru.
- Original description
- American Museum Novitates no.1044 p.15
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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