Stiles's Tapaculo
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The Stiles's Tapaculo (Scytalopus stilesi) is a member of the tapaculo family, Rhinocryptidae, described as new to science in 2005.
It has been found at 21 sites in montane forest between 1,420 and 2,130 m altitude in the northern Cordillera Central of the Colombian Andes; although having a restricted range, within this limited area it is a common understorey bird.
The species was originally observed in the 1990s, but when Niels Krabbe examined recordings of their songs, his suspicions arose that they were a new species — Stiles's Tapaculo's song is considerably faster and lower-pitched than that of the closely related Ecuadorian Tapaculo S. robbinsi.
The species was named in honour of F. Gary Stiles, an ornithologist who played a prominent role in research into Neotropical birds in the 1980s and 1990s.
[edit] References
- Cuervo, A. M., C. D. Cadena, N. Krabbe and L. M. Renjifo (2005) Scytalopus stilesi, a new species of tapaculo (Rhinocryptidae) from the Cordillera Central of Colombia The Auk 122(2): 445-463
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