Tag Archive for 'Tapaculo'

Three New Bird Species Discovered in Peru

Jun 3, 2020 by Natali Anderson

An international team of ornithologists has described three new species of the bird genus Scytalopus from the Peruvian Andes. New Scytalopus species from...

The Tatama tapaculo (Scytalopus alvarezlopezi) upon capture at Cerro Montezuma, Risaralda department, Colombia, April 2, 2015. Image credit: Julian Heavyside, doi: 10.1642/AUK-16-205.1.

Tatama Tapaculo: New Bird Species Discovered in Colombia

Mar 20, 2017 by Sergio Prostak

A new species of tapaculo — called the Tatama tapaculo (Scytalopus alvarezlopezi) — has been discovered in the cloud forests of Colombia’s...

Perijá Tapaculo: New Bird Species Discovered in Colombia, Venezuela

Mar 12, 2015 by News Staff

An international group of ornithologists led by Dr Jorge Enrique Avendaño of the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá has described a new species of tapaculo...

Bahian Mouse-Colored Tapaculo: New Bird Species Discovered in Brazil

Sep 22, 2014 by Natali Anderson

An international team of ornithologists led by Dr Marcos Bornschein of the Mater Natura-Instituto de Estudos Ambientais in Curitiba has described an endangered...

This is an artist’s rendering of the Junin Tapaculo, Scytalopus gettyae (The University of Kansas / KU News Service)

Junin Tapaculo: New Bird Species from Cloud Forests of Peru

Jul 31, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

Peruvian and U.S. ornithologists have described a new species of bird in the genus Scytalopus found on the eastern slopes of the Andes in Junin Department,...