Typus

Motacilla magellanica Gmelin, 1789 = Scytalopus magellanicus

Synonyms

• Agathopus P.L. Sclater, 1858
• Sylviaxis Lesson, 1840

Primary references

• Gould, J. 1836. Exhibited several specimens and drawings of Birds and proposed a new genus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Pt 4 no.46: 88–90. BHLReference page.  Original description p.89 BHL

References

• Whitney, B. M. 1994. A new Scytalopus tapaculo (Rhinocryptidae) from Bolivia, with notes on other Bolivian members of the genus and the magellanicus complex. The Wilson Bulletin 106 (4): 585-614. Full article (PDF)Reference page. 

• Krabbe, N. & T. S. Schulenberg. 1997. Species limits and natural history of Scytalopus Tapaculos (Rhinocryptidae), with descriptions of the Ecuadorian taxa, including three new species. Ornithological Monographs 48 p.46-88. Full publication (PDF)Reference page. 

• Coopmans, P., Krabbe, N., & Schulenberg, T.S. (2001). Vocal evidence of species rank for nominate Unicoloured Tapaculo Scytalopus unicolor. Bulletin British Ornithologists’ Club 121: 208–213. Full article viewReference page. 

• Cuervo, A. M.; C. D. Cadena; N. Krabbe & L. M. Renjifo. 2005. Scytalopus stilesi, a new species of tapaculo (Rhinocryptidae) from the Cordillera Central of Colombia. Auk 122(2): 445–463. Full article (PDF)Reference page. 

• Krabbe, N., Salaman, P.G.W., Cortés, A., Quevedo, A., Ortega, L.A. & Cadena, C.D. 2005. A new species of tapaculo from the upper Magdalena valley, Colombia. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 125: 93–108. Full article (PDF)Reference page. 

• Maurício, G.N. 2005. Taxonomy of new populations in the Scytalopus speluncae group, with description of a new species and remarks on the systematics and biogeography of the complex (Passeriformes: Rhinocryptidae). Ararajuba 13(1): 7–28. Full article (PDF)Reference page. 

• Maurício, G.N. & Bornschein, M.R. 2017. On identification errors in Scytalopus speluncae (Ménétriés) and S. pachecoi Maurício from southern Brazil with new data on distribution and biogeography of these taxa (Aves: Rhinocryptidae). Zootaxa 4350(3): 595–599. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4350.3.13 . Reference page. 

• Bornschein, M. R., G. N. Maurício, R. Belmonte-Lopes, H. Mata & S. L. Bonatto. 2007. Diamantina Tapaculo, a new Scytalopus endemic to the Chapada Diamantina, northeastern Brazil (Passeriformes: Rhinocryptidae). Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia 15(2):151–174. Full article (PDF)Reference page. 

• Donegan, T.M. & Avendaño, J.E. (2008). Notes on Tapaculos (Passeriformes: Rhinocryptidae) of the Eastern Andes of Colombia and Venezuelan Andes, with a new subspecies of Scytalopus griseicollis from Colombia. Ornitología Colombiana 6: 24–65. Full article (PDF)Reference page. 

• Mata, H., Fontana C.S., Maurício, G.N., Bornschein, M.R., Vasconcelos, M.F., & Bonatto, S.L. 2009. Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the eastern tapaculos (Aves: Rhinocryptidae: Scytalopus, Eleoscytalopus): cryptic diversification in Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 53: 450-462. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.07.017 . Full article viewReference page. 

• Krabbe, N., & C. D. Cadena. 2010. A taxonomic revision of the Paramo Tapaculo Scytalopus canus Chapman (Aves: Rhinocryptidae), with description of a new subspecies from Ecuador and Peru. Zootaxa 2354: 56–66. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.193541 Full article viewReference page. 

• Whitney, B.M.; Vasconcelos, M.F.; Silveira, L.F.; Pacheco, J.F. 2010: Scytalopus petrophilus (Rock Tapaculo): a new species from Minas Gerais, Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia, 18(2): 73–88. Full article (PDF)Reference page. 

• Maurício, G.N., Bornschein, M.R., Vasconcelos, M.F., Whitney, B.M., Pacheco, J.F. & Silveira, L.F. 2010. Taxonomy of “Mouse-colored Tapaculos”. I. On the application of the name Malacorhynchus speluncae Ménétries, 1835 (Aves: Passeriformes: Rhinocryptidae). Zootaxa 2518: 32–48. Preview Reference page. 

• Hosner, P. A., Robbins, M.B., Valqui, T., & Peterson, A.T., 2013. A New Species of Scytalopus Tapaculo (Aves: Passeriformes: Rhinocryptidae) from the Andes of Central Peru. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 125 (2): 233–242. DOI: 10.1676/12-055.1 Full article viewReference page. 

• Maurício, G.N., Belmonte-Lopes, R., Pacheco, J.F., Silveira, L.F., Whitney, B.M., & Bornschein, M.R. 2014. Taxonomy of “Mouse-colored Tapaculos” (II): An endangered new species from the montane Atlantic Forest of southern Bahia, Brazil (Passeriformes: Rhinocryptidae: Scytalopus) The Auk 131(4): 643–659. Full article. and Erratum: The Auk 132(4): 951–952. 2015 Erratum. Reference page. 

• Avendaño, J. E.; A. M. Cuervo; J. P. López-O.; N. Gutiérrez Pinto; A. Cortés & C. D. Cadena. 2015. A new species of tapaculo (Rhinocryptidae: Scytalopus) from the Serranía de Perijá of Colombia and Venezuela. The Auk 132 450–46. Full article (PDF)Reference page. 

• Stiles, F.G., Laverde-R., O. & Cadena, C.D. 2017. A new species of tapaculo (Rhinocryptidae: Scytalopus) from the Western Andes of Colombia. The Auk 134(2): 377–392. DOI: 10.1642/AUK-16-205.1 Reference page.