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Neu beschrieben – Inti-Tangare

Inti-Tangare (Heliothraupis oneilli Lane et al.)

Dieser Vogel wurde erstmals 1993 entdeckt, wurde aber erst in den 2000er Jahren als etwas Neues erkannt und mit dem Spitznamen “Kill Bill-Tangare” bedacht; aufgrund ihrer Färbung, die an den, unter Filmfans berühmten, Anzug der Hauptdarstellerin im gleichnamigen Film erinnert.

Die Art wurde nun endlich offiziell als neue Gattung und Art beschrieben und wird wegen ihrer leuchtend gelben Färbung als Inti-Tangare bezeichnet, nach dem  Quechua-Wort “Inti” für Sonne. [1]

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Quelle:

[1] Daniel F. Lane; Miguel Angel Aponte Justiniano; Ryan S. Terrill; Frank E. Rheindt; Luke B. Klicka; Gary H. Rosenberg; Jonathan Schmitt; Kevin J. Burns: A new genus and species of tanager (Passeriformes, Thraupidae) from the lower Yungas of western Bolivia and southern Peru. Ornithology 138: 1-17. 2021

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bearbeitet: 02.01.2022

How many tapaculos of the genus Scytalopus are there?

Well, many – according to a new study (which apparently took about 40 years in the making!!!).

The tapaculos of the genus Scytalopus are troughout small, mostly greyish colored, inconspicuous birds with poor flight abilities that inhabit the dense undergrowth of the Andean forests of southwestern South America (some species occur more northerly).

The Magellanic Tapaculo (Scytalopus magellanicus (J. F. Gmelin)) (see depiction below) is one of them, and is a part of a complex that shares its name, the Scytalopus [magellanicus] complex, which again includes several species, some of which have been discovered and described only recently.

Magellanic Tapaculo (Scytalopus magellanicus)

Depiction from: ‘Richard Crawshay: The birds of Tierra del Fuego. London: B. Quaritch 1907’

(public domain)

Yet, this complex has gotten even richer in species, with the description of three completely new ones, split from others: the Jalca Tapaculo (Scytalopus frankeae), the White-winged Tapaculo (Scytalopus krabbei), and the Ampay Tapaculo (Scytalopus whitneyi), as well as one subspecies (itself only described in 2010) being elevated to species rank, the Eastern Paramo Tapaculo (Scytalopus androstictus). [1]

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References:

[1] Niels K. Krabbe; Thomas S. Schulenberg; Peter A. Hosner; Kenneth V. Rosenberg; Tristan J. Davis; Gary H. Rosenberg; Daniel F. Lane; Michael J. Andersen; Mark B. Robbins; Carlos Daniel Cadena; Thomas Valqui; Jessie F. Salter; Andrew J. Spencer; Fernando Angulo; Jon Fjeldså: Untangling cryptic diversity in the High Andes: Revision of the Scytalopus [magellanicus] complex (Rhinocryptidae) in Peru reveals three new species. The Auk 137: 1-26. 2020

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edited: 26.02.2020

Rufous Antpitta x six

The Rufous Antpitta is a more or less completely plain rufous-colored typical Antpitta that inhabits the dense forests of the Andes and their foothills from northern Bolivia to parts of southern Venezuela.

The bird reaches sizes from about 14,5 to 15 cm.

The species is split into six subspecies all of which are now about to be upgraded to species status, they will then probably be named as:

Bolivian Antpitta (Grallaria cochabambae J. Bond & Meyer de Schauensee)
Cajamarca Antpitta (Grallaria cajamarcae (Chapman))
North Peruvian Antpitta (Grallaria obscura Berlepsch & Stolzmann)
Rufous Antpitta (Grallaria rufula Lafresnaye)
Sierra Nevada Antpitta (Grallaria spatiator Bangs)
South Peruvian Antpitta (Grallaria occabambae (Chapman))

These future-former subspecies differ slightly in the the hue of their rufous-colored plumage, but very likely more so in their DNA.

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Rufous Antpitta (Grallaria (rufula ssp.) rufula … most likely)

Photo: Nigel Voaden

(under creative commons license (2.0))
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0

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bearbeitet: 14.08.2019