Rock Tapaculo
Scytalopus petrophilusWhitney, BM; Vasconcelos, MF; Silveira, LF; Pacheco, JF, 2010
English (US) Rock Tapaculo
The Rock Tapaculo (Scytalopus petrophilus) 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: central and southern Minas Gerais, BrazilRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Scytalopus petrophilus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Rock Tapaculo
- Described by
- Whitney, BM; Vasconcelos, MF; Silveira, LF; Pacheco, JF, 2010
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Whitney, BM; Vasconcelos, MF; Silveira, LF; Pacheco, JF, 2010
- Type locality
- Serra da Piedade, Caeté, 19°49'S, 43°40'W, Minas Gerais, Brasil.
- Original description
- Revista Brasileria de Ornitologia 18, no.2 73-88.
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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