Pteroptochos
Appearance
Pteroptochos | |
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Moustached turca (Pteroptochos megapodius) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Rhinocryptidae |
Genus: | Pteroptochos Kittlitz, 1830 |
Type species | |
Pteroptochos megapodius von Kittlitz, 1830
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Pteroptochos is a genus of birds in the tapaculo family Rhinocryptidae.[1]
Species
[edit]The genus contains the following three species:[2]
Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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Chestnut-throated huet-huet | Pteroptochos castaneus Philippi & Landbeck,, 1864 |
Chile; Neuquén Province in Argentina. |
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Black-throated huet-huet | Pteroptochos tarnii (King, 1831) |
southern/central Chile and adjacent western Argentina. |
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Moustached turca | Pteroptochos megapodius (Kittlitz, 1830) Two subspecies
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Chile |
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References
[edit]- ^ Chesser RT (1999) Molecular Systematics of the Rhinocryptid Genus Pteroptochos. The Condor 101(2): 439–446. https://doi.org/10.2307/1370012
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2023). "Antthrushes, antpittas, gnateaters, tapaculos, crescentchests". IOC World Bird List Version 13.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 16 March 2023.