Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Scytalopus [speluncae or pachecoi] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Catalan: tapacul plumbi
Czech: štidlák myší, Štidlák šedavý
Danish: Lysegrå Tapaculo, Musegrå Tapaculo
German: Mausgrauer Tapaculo, Maustapaculo
English: Mouse colored Tapaculo, Mouse coloured Tapaculo, Mouse-colored or Serra do Mar Tapaculo, Mouse-colored Tapaculo, Mouse-coloured Tapaculo
English (United Kingdom): Mouse-coloured Tapaculo
English, HBW: Mouse-colored Tapaculo
English (IOC): Mouse-colored Tapaculo
English (United States): Mouse-colored Tapaculo
Esperanto: musgriza tapakulo
Spanish: Churrín de Misiones, Churrín plomizo
Spanish (Argentine): Churrín plomizo
Spanish (Spain): Churrín Plomizo
Spanish (HBW): Mouse-colored Tapaculo
Spanish (Paraguay): Churrín plomizo
Finnish: Hiiritapakulo, lyijytapakulo
French: Mérulaxe souris, Mérulaxe souris ou M. de Serra do Mar, Tapacule gris
Croatian: siva strmorepka
Italian: Tapaculo grigiotopo, Tapaculo murino
Japanese (romaji): nezumiotatedori
Japanese: ネズミオタテドリ
Scientific: Malacorhynchus speluncae, Scytalopus [speluncae or notorius], Scytalopus speluncae, Scytalopus sylvestris
Lithuanian: Peleninis topakulas
Dutch: Muistapaculo
Norwegian Nynorsk: Blytapakulo
Norwegian: Blytapakulo
Polish: krytonosek sniady, krytonosek śniady
Portuguese: macuquinho-murino, Macuquinho-serrano, tapaculo-preto
Portuguese (Brazil): macuquinho-murino, macuquinho-serrano, tapaculo-do-espinhaço, Tapaculo-preto
Portuguese (Portugal): Tapaculo-do-espinhaço, tapaculo-preto-brasileiro
Russian: Серый земляной топаколо, Серый тапакуло
Slovak: tapakulo brlôžkar, tapakulo brlôžkár
Swedish: ljusgrå tapakul, Ljusgrå tapakulo
Turkish: Fare rengi tapakola
Ukrainian: Тапакуло аргентинський
Chinese: 鼠色窜鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 鼠色竄鳥