The Perijá tapaculo is a species of passerine bird in the family Rhinocryptidae (tapaculos). Endemic to the Serranía del Perijá mountain range on the Colombia–Venezuela border, the Perijá tapaculo is found at altitudes of 1,600–3,225 metres. Its body is 10 to 12 centimetres long and its tail is about 4 cm (1.6 in) long. Specimens have long been stored in museums, but the species was described only in 2015 based on sixteen specimens found between July 2008 and February 2009. It is considered vulnerable to extinction. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
Avendaño, JE; Cuervo, AM; López-O, JP; Gutiérrez-Pinto, N; Cortés D, A; Cadena, CD 2015
Reference:
Auk
132 450-466
Protonym:
Scytalopus perijanus
Avibase ID:
C98B936330D30636
Avibase ID:
avibase-C98B9363
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/C98B9363
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Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Perija Tapaculo ( Scytalopus perijanus) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Perija Tapaculo ( Scytalopus sp. nov.) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Perija Tapaculo ( Scytalopus sp. nov.) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Perija Tapaculo ( Scytalopus sp. nov.) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Perija Tapaculo ( Scytalopus perijanus) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Perija Tapaculo ( Scytalopus perijanus) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Perija Tapaculo ( Scytalopus perijanus) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Perija Tapaculo ( Scytalopus perijanus) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Perija Tapaculo ( Scytalopus perijanus) |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Perija Tapaculo ( Scytalopus perijanus) |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Perija Tapaculo ( Scytalopus perijanus) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Perija Tapaculo ( Scytalopus perijanus) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Perija Tapaculo ( Scytalopus perijanus) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Perija Tapaculo ( Scytalopus perijanus) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Perija Tapaculo ( Scytalopus perijanus) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Perija Tapaculo ( Scytalopus perijanus) |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Perija Tapaculo ( Scytalopus perijanus) |
Clements, version 2021: Perija Tapaculo ( Scytalopus perijanus) |
Clements, version 2022: Perija Tapaculo ( Scytalopus perijanus) |
Clements, version 2016: Perija Tapaculo ( Scytalopus perijanus) |
Clements, version 2017: Perija Tapaculo ( Scytalopus perijanus) |
Clements, version 2018: Perija Tapaculo ( Scytalopus perijanus) |
Clements, version 2019: Perija Tapaculo ( Scytalopus perijanus) |
eBird version 1.53: Perija Tapaculo (undescribed form) ( Scytalopus [undescribed Perija form]) |
eBird version 1.54: Perija Tapaculo (undescribed form) ( Scytalopus [undescribed Perija form]) |
eBird version 1.55: Perija Tapaculo (undescribed form) ( Scytalopus [undescribed Perija form]) |
eBird version 2015: Perija Tapaculo (undescribed form) ( Scytalopus [undescribed Perija form]) |
eBird version 2016: Perija Tapaculo ( Scytalopus perijanus) |
eBird version 2017: Perija Tapaculo ( Scytalopus perijanus) |
eBird version 2018: Perija Tapaculo ( Scytalopus perijanus) |
eBird version 2019: Perija Tapaculo ( Scytalopus perijanus) |
eBird version 2021: Perija Tapaculo ( Scytalopus perijanus) |
eBird version 2022: Perija Tapaculo ( Scytalopus perijanus) |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Perija Tapaculo ( Scytalopus perijanus) |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Perija Tapaculo ( Scytalopus perijanus) |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Perija Tapaculo ( Scytalopus perijanus) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Perija Tapaculo ( Scytalopus perijanus) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Perija Tapaculo ( Scytalopus perijanus) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Perija Tapaculo ( Scytalopus perijanus) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Perija Tapaculo ( Scytalopus perijanus) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Perija Tapaculo ( Scytalopus perijanus) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Perija Tapaculo ( Scytalopus perijanus) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Perija Tapaculo ( Scytalopus perijanus) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Perija Tapaculo ( Scytalopus perijanus) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Perija Tapaculo ( Scytalopus perijanus) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Perija Tapaculo ( Scytalopus perijanus) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Perija Tapaculo ( Scytalopus perijanus) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Perija Tapaculo ( Scytalopus perijanus) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Perija Tapaculo ( Scytalopus perijanus) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Perija Tapaculo ( Scytalopus perijanus) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Perija Tapaculo ( Scytalopus perijanus) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Perija Tapaculo ( Scytalopus perijanus) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Perija Tapaculo ( Scytalopus perijanus) |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Perija Tapaculo ( Scytalopus perijanus) |
South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016): Perija Tapaculo ( Scytalopus perijanus) |
South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017): Perija Tapaculo ( Scytalopus perijanus) |
South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018): Perija Tapaculo ( Scytalopus perijanus) |
South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019): Perija Tapaculo ( Scytalopus perijanus) |
South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020): Perija Tapaculo ( Scytalopus perijanus) |
South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020): Perija Tapaculo ( Scytalopus perijanus) |
South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021): Perija Tapaculo ( Scytalopus perijanus) |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Perija Tapaculo ( Scytalopus perijanus) |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02: Perija Tapaculo ( Scytalopus perijanus) |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: newly discovered taxon
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