Eleoscytalopus

Eleoscytalopus
White-breasted tapaculo (Eleoscytalopus indigoticus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Rhinocryptidae
Genus:	Eleoscytalopus Maurício, Mata, Bornschein, Cadena, Alvarenga & Bonatto, 2008
Type species
Myiothera indigotica zu Wied, 1831
Species
Eleoscytalopus indigoticus Eleoscytalopus psychopompus

Eleoscytalopus is a genus of tapaculos found in lowland Atlantic forest of eastern Brazil. Until recently, they were included in the genus Scytalopus, but the two species are actually closer to the bristlefronts (genus Merulaxis). Unlike the members of the genus Scytalopus, the members of Eleoscytalopus have largely white underparts and bluish-grey upperparts. The voices of the members of the two genera also differ.

Species

Genus Eleoscytalopus – Maurício, Mata, Bornschein, Cadena, Alvarenga & Bonatto, 2008 – two species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
White-breasted tapaculo	Eleoscytalopus indigoticus (Wied, 1831)	Atlantic forest in south-eastern Brazil.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Bahia tapaculo	Eleoscytalopus psychopompus (Teixeira & Carnevalli, 1989)	Atlantic forests in Bahia, Brazil	Size: Habitat: Diet:	EN

References

• Maurício, N. M, Mata, H., Bornschein, M. R., Cadena, C. D., Alvarenga, H., & Bonatto, S. L. (2008). Hidden generic diversity in Neotropical birds: Molecular and anatomical data support a new genus for the “Scytalopus” indigoticus species-group (Aves: Rhinocryptidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 49(1): 125–135.