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Rhinocryptidae  Wetmore, 1930
Taxonomic Serial No.: 178273

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): tapaculos [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2025   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderPasseriformes  – Perching Birds, passereaux  
                            FamilyRhinocryptidae Wetmore, 1930 – tapaculos  
    Direct Children:  
                               GenusAcropternis Cabanis & Heine, 1860  
                               GenusEleoscytalopus Maurício, Mata, Bornschein, Cadena, Alvarenga & Bonatto, 2008  
                               GenusEugralla R. P. Lesson, 1842  
                               GenusLiosceles P. L. Sclater, 1865  
                               GenusMerulaxis R. P. Lesson, 1831  
                               GenusMyornis Chapman, 1915  
                               GenusPsilorhamphus P. L. Sclater, 1855  
                               GenusPteroptochos Kittlitz, 1830  
                               GenusRhinocrypta G. R. Gray, 1841  
                               GenusScelorchilus Oberholser, 1923  
                               GenusScytalopus Gould, 1837  
                               GenusTeledromas Wetmore & J. L. Peters, 1922  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.   
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Rhinocryptidae    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 15.1), website (version 15.1)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2025. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 03 Mar 2025]. doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.14.1   
  Reference for: Rhinocryptidae   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Rhinocryptidae   
       
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