At Serra da Mantiqueira, Monteiro Lobato; São Paulo state, Brazil.
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Passeriformes
Family:
Rhinocryptidae
Genus:
Scytalopus
Species:
S. petrophilus
Binomial name
Scytalopus petrophilus
Whitney et al., 2010[2]
The rock tapaculo or Espinhaço tapaculo (Scytalopus petrophilus) is a species of bird in the family Rhinocryptidae. It is endemic to altitudes of 900–2,100 metres (3,000–6,900 ft) in the central and southern Espinhaço Mountains, and the Mantiqueira Mountains in Minas Gerais, Brazil, though it may also occur in adjacent parts of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.[2] It is found in shrubby and grassy habitats in rocky regions, and in elfin and cloud forest.[2] It closely resembles the Diamantina tapaculo and Planalto tapaculo in appearance and voice (especially song; less so in call).[2]
Here we follow South American Classification Committee (SACC),[3] but the taxonomy is extremely complex, and it is possible the correct scientific name of this relatively pale inland species is S. speluncae, in which case the closely related darker species from the Serra do Mar region would be S. notorius.[4]
^BirdLife International (2017). "Scytalopus petrophilus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22736340A119209596. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22736340A119209596.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
^ abcdWhitney, B.M.; Vasconcelos, M.F.; Silveira, L.F.; Pacheco, J.F. (2010). Scytalopus petrophilus (Rock Tapaculo): a new species from Minas Gerais, Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia 18 (2): 73-88.
^Van Remsen, J. (2010). Recognize newly described Scytalopus petrophilus. SACC. Accessed 15 May 2011.
^Raposo, Marcos A.; Stopiglia, Renata; Loskot, Vladimir & Kirwan, Guy M. (2006). The correct use of the name Scytalopus speluncae (Ménétriés, 1835), and the description of a new species of Brazilian tapaculo (Aves: Passeriformes: Rhinocryptidae). Zootaxa 1271: 37-56. Accessed 15 May 2011.
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