Choco Tapaculo
Scytalopus chocoensisKrabbe, NK; Schulenberg, TS, 1997
English (US) Choco Tapaculo
The Choco Tapaculo (Scytalopus chocoensis) 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: Pacific slope of eastern Panama (Cerro Pirre) to northwestern EcuadorRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Scytalopus chocoensis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Choco Tapaculo
- Described by
- Krabbe, NK; Schulenberg, TS, 1997
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Krabbe, NK; Schulenberg, TS, 1997
- Type locality
- El Placer, 00°52'N, 78°33'W, Esmeraldas, Ecuador.
- Original description
- Ornithological Monographs 48 p.46-88
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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