Eleoscytalopus
| Eleoscytalopus | |
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| White-breasted tapaculo (Eleoscytalopus indigoticus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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
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Eleoscytalopus is a
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
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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| White-breasted tapaculo
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Eleoscytalopus indigoticus (Wied, 1831) |
Atlantic forest in south-eastern Brazil.
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Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Bahia tapaculo
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Eleoscytalopus psychopompus (Teixeira & Carnevalli, 1989) |
Atlantic forests in Bahia, Brazil
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Size: Habitat: Diet: |
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References
- ^ "Rhinocryptidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- Maurício, N. M, Mata, H., Bornschein, M. R., Cadena, C. D., Alvarenga, H., & Bonatto, S. L. (2008). Hidden generic diversity in Neotropical birds: Molecular and anatomical data support a new genus for the “Scytalopus” indigoticus species-group (Aves: Rhinocryptidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 49(1): 125–135.