A new subspecies of Paramo Tapaculo (1 Viewer)

[Papuan birder]

A taxonomic revision of the Paramo Tapaculo Scytalopus canus Chapman (Aves: Rhinocryptidae), with description of a new subspecies from Ecuador and Peru

http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/z02354p066f.pdf

 

[Peter Kovalik]

A taxonomic revision of the Paramo Tapaculo Scytalopus canus Chapman (Aves: Rhinocryptidae), with description of a new subspecies from Ecuador and Peru

http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/z02354p066f.pdf

Who knows the name of this new subspecies of S. opacus?

 

[Daniel Philippe]

Who knows the name of this new subspecies of S. opacus?

Scytalopus opacus androstictus ssp. nov. Krabbe & Cadena.

The name refers to the white spot on the primary coverts found in most males.

 

[Peter Kovalik]

Scytalopus opacus androstictus ssp. nov. Krabbe & Cadena.

The name refers to the white spot on the primary coverts found in most males.

Thanks Daniel

 

[njlarsen]

Is there also a proposed English name for S. opacus?

thanks
Niels

 

[Daniel Philippe]

Is there also a proposed English name for S. opacus?

The authors propose to rank these taxa as two separate biological species, Paramillo Tapaculo (S. canus) and Paramo Tapaculo (S. opacus). Being the better-known species, they suggest retaining the English name Paramo Tapaculo for S. opacus and propose a new name for the heretofore virtually unknown S. canus.

 

[njlarsen]

Personally, I prefer when a split results in two new common names, to avoid the confusion over what is really meant by say Paramo T. I guess that will never be something I can decide

Niels

 

[COLOMBIA Birding]

PDF file from that paper can be downloaded from my website at

http://www.colombiabirding.com/files/Krabbe&Cadena.2010.ParamoTapaculo.Zootaxa.pdf

saludos,

 

[Richard Klim]

The authors propose to rank these taxa as two separate biological species, Paramillo Tapaculo...

Perhaps Alvaro should undertake a study of the central Andes population of S. magellanicus Magellanic Tapaculo. Then we might also have Scytalopus sp. nov. 'Jaramillo Tapaculo'.

Richard

 

[Richard Klim]

Paramillo Tapaculo

Carlos Daniel Cadena has now submitted a proposal (#446, Jul 2010) to AOU-SACC to treat Scytalopus opacus Paramo Tapaculo as a separate species from S canus (renamed Paramillo Tapaculo).
http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCprop446.html

Richard

 

[Richard Klim]

Paramo/Paramillo Tapaculos

Daniel Cadena has now submitted a proposal (#446, Jul 2010) to AOU-SACC to treat Scytalopus opacus Paramo Tapaculo as a separate species from S canus (renamed Paramillo Tapaculo).

Proposal #446 passed today (12 Nov 2010).
www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCprop446.html
www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCproproster.html

[Already implemented by IOC (v2.4, Mar 2010).]

Richard