Paramillo tapaculo
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Rhinocryptidae |
| Genus: | Scytalopus |
| Species: | S. canus
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| Binomial name | |
| Scytalopus canus Chapman, 1915
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The Paramillo tapaculo (Scytalopus canus) is a species of
Rhinocryptidae
.
Taxonomy
It has traditionally included the more widespread S. opacus as a subspecies, but under the common name Paramo tapaculo (a name now used exclusively for S. opacus). The two have different voices, leading to them being split into separate species in 2010.
Distribution and habitat
The Paramillo tapaculo is
montane forest and Páramo
grasslands that is often just hundreds of meters wide.
Description
The Paramillo tapaculo resembles other Scytalopus tapaculos, being overall dark grey, but lacking the brown lower flanks of the Paramo tapaculo.
Status and conservation
Given the estimated extent of occurrence and observed decline in the extent and quality of habitat, the Paramillo tapaculo has an IUCN status of near threatened.Fenwick's antpitta). Páramo de Paramillo is a national park, but very poorly protected.
References
- ^ a b BirdLife International (2021). "Scytalopus canus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T22736477A197484928. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- Krabbe, N., & C. D. Cadena (2010). A taxonomic revision of the Paramo Tapaculo Scytalopus canus Chapman (Aves: Rhinocryptidae), with description of a new subspecies from Ecuador and Peru. Zootaxa 2354: 56–66.
- Fundación ProAves (2010). ProAves expedition solves Tapaculo mystery. Accessed 16 February 2010.