Biology:Eleoscytalopus

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Short description: Genus of birds

Eleoscytalopus
Eleoscytalopus indigoticus -Vale do Ribeira, Registro, Sao Paulo, Brasil-8.jpg
White-breasted tapaculo (Eleoscytalopus indigoticus)
Scientific classification e
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
MACUQUINHO (Eleoscytalopus indigoticus).jpg Eleoscytalopus indigoticus White-breasted tapaculo Atlantic forest in south-eastern Brazil.
Eleoscytalopus psychopompus Bahia tapaculo Atlantic forests in Bahia, Brazil

References

  • 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.

Wikidata ☰ Q220876 entry