Pteroptochos

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Pteroptochos
Moustached turca (Pteroptochos megapodius)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Rhinocryptidae
Genus: Pteroptochos
Kittlitz
, 1830
Type species
Pteroptochos megapodius
von Kittlitz, 1830

Pteroptochos is a genus of birds in the tapaculo family

Rhinocryptidae.[1]

Species

The genus contains the following three species:[2]

Genus Pteroptochos
Kittlitz
,, 1830
– three species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Chestnut-throated huet-huet

Pteroptochos castaneus

Philippi & Landbeck,, 1864
Chile; Neuquén Province in Argentina.
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Black-throated huet-huet

Pteroptochos tarnii

(King, 1831)
southern/central Chile and adjacent western Argentina.
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Moustached turca

Pteroptochos megapodius

(Kittlitz, 1830)

Two subspecies
  • P. m. megapodius (von Kittlitz, 1830)
  • P. m. atacamae (R. A Philippi-B, 1946)
Chile
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