Blackish Tapaculo
Scytalopus latrans
Tapaculos (Rhinocryptidae) · Passeriformes (Passeriformes)
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Often mixed up with
In quizzes, players most often confuse Blackish Tapaculo with these birds— either this species was picked by mistake, or the other way around.
| Species | Mix-ups |
|---|---|
| Paramo Tapaculo Scytalopus opacus | 1 |
| Yellow-backed Tanager Hemithraupis flavicollis | 1 |
Family
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.
Order
A passerine () is any bird of the order Passeriformes (; from Latin passer 'sparrow' and formis '-shaped'), which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known as perching birds, passerines generally have an anisodactyl arrangement of their toes (three pointing forward and one back), which facilitates perching. With more than 140 families and some 6,500 identified species, Passeriformes is the largest order of birds and one of the most diverse clades of terrestrial vertebrates, representing 60% of …