Family
Tapaculos
Rhinocryptidae
63 species with a page on Motmot.
Order: Passeriformes
The tapaculos or tapacolos are a family, Rhinocryptidae, of small suboscine passerine birds, found mainly in South America and with the highest diversity in the Andean regions. Three species (Chocó, Tacarcuna, and the silvery-fronted) are found in southern Central America.
Species in this family
- Ocellated Tapaculo Acropternis orthonyx
- White-breasted Tapaculo Eleoscytalopus indigoticus
- Bahia Tapaculo Eleoscytalopus psychopompus
- Ochre-flanked Tapaculo Eugralla paradoxa
- Rusty-belted Tapaculo Liosceles thoracicus
- Slaty Bristlefront Merulaxis ater
- Stresemann's Bristlefront Merulaxis stresemanni
- Ash-coloured Tapaculo Myornis senilis
- Spotted Bamboowren Psilorhamphus guttatus
- Chestnut-throated Huet-huet Pteroptochos castaneus
- Moustached Turca Pteroptochos megapodius
- Black-throated Huet-huet Pteroptochos tarnii
- Crested Gallito Rhinocrypta lanceolata
- White-throated Tapaculo Scelorchilus albicollis
- Chucao Tapaculo Scelorchilus rubecula
- Tschudi's Tapaculo Scytalopus acutirostris
- Ancash Tapaculo Scytalopus affinis
- Neblina Tapaculo Scytalopus altirostris
- Tatama Tapaculo Scytalopus alvarezlopezi
- Loja Tapaculo Scytalopus androstictus
- Silvery-fronted Tapaculo Scytalopus argentifrons
- White-crowned Tapaculo Scytalopus atratus
- Bolivian Tapaculo Scytalopus bolivianus
- Paramillo Tapaculo Scytalopus canus
- Caracas Tapaculo Scytalopus caracae
- Choco Tapaculo Scytalopus chocoensis
- Diamantina Tapaculo Scytalopus diamantinensis
- Rufous-vented Tapaculo Scytalopus femoralis
- Jalca Tapaculo Scytalopus frankeae
- Dusky Tapaculo Scytalopus fuscus
- Junin Tapaculo Scytalopus gettyae
- Boa Nova Tapaculo Scytalopus gonzagai
- Pale-bellied Tapaculo Scytalopus griseicollis
- Utcubamba Tapaculo Scytalopus intermedius
- Marsh Tapaculo Scytalopus iraiensis
- Brown-rumped Tapaculo Scytalopus latebricola
- Blackish Tapaculo Scytalopus latrans
- Large-footed Tapaculo Scytalopus macropus
- Magellanic Tapaculo Scytalopus magellanicus
- Long-tailed Tapaculo Scytalopus micropterus
- Brasilia Tapaculo Scytalopus novacapitalis
- Paramo Tapaculo Scytalopus opacus
- Planalto Tapaculo Scytalopus pachecoi
- Tacarcuna Tapaculo Scytalopus panamensis
- Chusquea Tapaculo Scytalopus parkeri
- Trilling Tapaculo Scytalopus parvirostris
- Perija Tapaculo Scytalopus perijanus
- Rock Tapaculo Scytalopus petrophilus
- Ecuadorian Tapaculo Scytalopus robbinsi
- Magdalena Tapaculo Scytalopus rodriguezi
- Santa Marta Tapaculo Scytalopus sanctaemartae
- Diademed Tapaculo Scytalopus schulenbergi
- Puna Tapaculo Scytalopus simonsi
- Mouse-coloured Tapaculo Scytalopus speluncae
- Spillmann's Tapaculo Scytalopus spillmanni
- Stiles's Tapaculo Scytalopus stilesi
- White-browed Tapaculo Scytalopus superciliaris
- Unicoloured Tapaculo Scytalopus unicolor
- Vilcabamba Tapaculo Scytalopus urubambae
- Nariño Tapaculo Scytalopus vicinior
- Ampay Tapaculo Scytalopus whitneyi
- Zimmer's Tapaculo Scytalopus zimmeri
- Sandy Gallito Teledromas fuscus
Lookalikes compared
- Ash-coloured Tapaculo vs Ancash Tapaculo
- Ash-coloured Tapaculo vs Large-footed Tapaculo
- Ash-coloured Tapaculo vs Rufous-vented Tapaculo
- Bolivian Tapaculo vs White-crowned Tapaculo
- Chestnut-throated Huet-huet vs Black-throated Huet-huet
- Chestnut-throated Huet-huet vs Ochre-flanked Tapaculo
- Chestnut-throated Huet-huet vs White-throated Tapaculo
- Chucao Tapaculo vs Ochre-flanked Tapaculo
- Ecuadorian Tapaculo vs Brown-rumped Tapaculo
- Moustached Turca vs Chucao Tapaculo
- Ochre-flanked Tapaculo vs Dusky Tapaculo
- Ochre-flanked Tapaculo vs Magellanic Tapaculo
- Paramo Tapaculo vs Blackish Tapaculo
- Rufous-vented Tapaculo vs Large-footed Tapaculo
- Rufous-vented Tapaculo vs Utcubamba Tapaculo
- Utcubamba Tapaculo vs Large-footed Tapaculo
- Utcubamba Tapaculo vs Unicoloured Tapaculo
- White-breasted Tapaculo vs Bahia Tapaculo
- White-browed Tapaculo vs Puna Tapaculo
- White-throated Tapaculo vs Ochre-flanked Tapaculo