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Passeriformes / Rhinocryptidae / Scytalopus

White-crowned Tapaculo

Scytalopus atratus

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (whctap1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Rhinocryptidae
Genus: Scytalopus

Subspecies (3)

Scytalopus atratus atratus

east slope of Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru (south to Cusco)
Scytalopus atratus confusus

central Andes and east slope of western Andes of Colombia
Scytalopus atratus nigricans

Andes of western Venezuela (Táchira, Mérida, and Sierra de Perijá)

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (whctap1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.