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Scytalopus unicolor  Salvin, 1895
Taxonomic Serial No.: 562902

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Mérulaxe unicolore [French]
 
    tapaculo-unicolor [Portuguese]
 
    Churrín unicolor [Spanish]
 
    Unicolored 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 unicolor Salvin, 1895 – Mérulaxe unicolore, tapaculo-unicolor, Churrín unicolor, Unicolored Tapaculo  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.  
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Scytalopus unicolor    
       
  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 unicolor, Unicolored 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 unicolor, Unicolored Tapaculo [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Salvin, Osbert  
  Publication Date: 1895   
  Article/Chapter Title: On Birds Collected in Peru by Mr. O. T. Baron   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Novitates Zoologicae, vol. 2, no. 1   
  Page(s): 1-22   
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  Notes: Available online via Biodiversity Heritage Library at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3859268   
  Reference for: original description   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: South America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

   

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