Caracas Tapaculo
Scytalopus caracaeHellmayr, CE, 1922
English (US) Caracas Tapaculo
The Caracas Tapaculo (Scytalopus caracae) 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: coastal mountains of northern Venezuela (Aragua to Miranda and western Sucre)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Scytalopus caracae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Caracas Tapaculo
- Described by
- Hellmayr, CE, 1922
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Scytalopus latebricola caracae
- Described by
- Hellmayr, CE, 1922
- Type locality
- Galipan, Cerro de Avila, Venezuela.
- Original description
- Ornithologische Monatsberichte 30 p.56
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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