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Scytalopus novacapitalis  Sick, 1958
Taxonomic Serial No.: 562890

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Scytalopus indigoticus novacapitalis Sick, 1958
  
  Common Name(s): Mérulaxe de Brasilia [French]
  
    tapaculo-de-brasília [Portuguese]
  
    Churrín de Brasilia [Spanish]
  
    Brasilia Tapaculo [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 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  
                               GenusScytalopus Gould, 1837  
                                  SpeciesScytalopus novacapitalis Sick, 1958 – Mérulaxe de Brasilia, tapaculo-de-brasília, Churrín de Brasilia, Brasilia Tapaculo  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.  
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Scytalopus novacapitalis    
       
  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: Scytalopus novacapitalis, Brasilia Tapaculo [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright  
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Birds of the World: Recommended English Names   
  Page(s): ix + 259   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-12827-8   
  Notes: Includes a CD-ROM with the full dataset   
  Reference for: Scytalopus novacapitalis, Brasilia Tapaculo [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service  
  Publication Date: 2009   
  Article/Chapter Title: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Annual Notice of Findings on Resubmitted Petitions for Foreign Species; Annual Description of Progress on Listing Actions   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Federal Register, vol. 74, no. 154   
  Page(s): 40540-40560   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Scytalopus novacapitalis   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: South America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: US ESA: Priority 8 (moderate to low threat magnitude, imminent threat immediacy, and species taxonomic distinctiveness) candidate, as published in Federal Register Volume 74, Number 154, Pages 40540 - 40560, August 12, 2009  
 

 

    

 
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