Long-tailed Tapaculo
Scytalopus micropterus(Sclater, PL, 1858)
English (US) Long-tailed Tapaculo
The Long-tailed Tapaculo (Scytalopus micropterus) 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: Andes of Colombia to Ecuador and far northern PeruRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Scytalopus micropterus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Long-tailed Tapaculo
- Described by
- (Sclater, PL, 1858)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Agathopus micropterus
- Described by
- (Sclater, PL, 1858)
- Type locality
- Rio Napo, Ecuador.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pt.26, no.351 p.69
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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