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Tschudi's Tapaculo
Scytalopus acutirostris (Tschudi, 1844)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Scytalopus acutirostris (Tschudi, 1844)
- Name authority
- (Tschudi, 1844)
- Common name
- Tschudi's Tapaculo
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Rhinocryptidae
- Genus
- Scytalopus
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyRhinocryptidae Wetmore, 1930
- genusScytalopus Gould, 1837
- speciesScytalopus acutirostris (Tschudi, 1844)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Scytalopus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Ancash TapaculoScytalopus affinis J. T. Zimmer, 1939 | RhinocryptidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bolivian TapaculoScytalopus bolivianus J. A. Allen, 1889 | RhinocryptidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Paramillo TapaculoScytalopus canus Chapman, 1915 | RhinocryptidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Caracas TapaculoScytalopus caracae Hellmayr, 1922 | RhinocryptidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Junin TapaculoScytalopus gettyae Hosner, Robbins, Valqui & Peterson, 2013 | RhinocryptidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Marsh TapaculoScytalopus iraiensis Bornschein, Reinert & Pichorim, 1998 | RhinocryptidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Large-footed TapaculoScytalopus macropus Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1896 | RhinocryptidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Magellanic TapaculoScytalopus magellanicus (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) | RhinocryptidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Merida TapaculoScytalopus meridanus Hellmayr, 1922 | RhinocryptidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brasilia TapaculoScytalopus novacapitalis Sick, 1958 | RhinocryptidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Paramo TapaculoScytalopus opacus J. T. Zimmer, 1941 | RhinocryptidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Planalto TapaculoScytalopus pachecoi Maurício, 2005 | RhinocryptidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Pteroptochus acutirostris Tschudi, 1844 Tschudi, 1844 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=562871 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4W5SK. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.