Eleoscytalopus
White-breasted tapaculo (Eleoscytalopus indigoticus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Rhinocryptidae
Genus: Eleoscytalopus
Maurício, Mata, Bornschein, Cadena, Alvarenga & Bonatto, 2008
Type species
Myiothera indigotica[1]
zu Wied, 1831
Species

Eleoscytalopus indigoticus Eleoscytalopus psychopompus

Eleoscytalopus is a genus of tapaculos found in lowland Atlantic forest of eastern Brazil. Until recently, they were included in the genus Scytalopus, but the two species are actually closer to the bristlefronts (genus Merulaxis). Unlike the members of the genus Scytalopus, the members of Eleoscytalopus have largely white underparts and bluish-grey upperparts. The voices of the members of the two genera also differ.

Species

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Eleoscytalopus indigoticus White-breasted tapaculo Atlantic forest in south-eastern Brazil.
Eleoscytalopus psychopompus Bahia tapaculo Atlantic forests in Bahia, Brazil

References

  1. ^ "Rhinocryptidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.


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