Pteroptochos

Pteroptochos is a genus of birds in the tapaculo family Rhinocryptidae.[1]

Pteroptochos
Moustached turca (Pteroptochos megapodius)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Rhinocryptidae
Genus: Pteroptochos
Kittlitz, 1830
Type species
Pteroptochos megapodius
von Kittlitz, 1830

Species

The genus contains the following three species:[2]

Genus Pteroptochos – Kittlitz,, 1830 – three species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Chestnut-throated huet-huet

Pteroptochos castaneus
Philippi & Landbeck,, 1864		 Chile; Neuquén Province in Argentina.
 Size:

Habitat:

Diet:		  LC 


Black-throated huet-huet

Pteroptochos tarnii
(King, 1831)		 southern/central Chile and adjacent western Argentina.
 Size:

Habitat:

Diet:		  LC 


Moustached turca

Pteroptochos megapodius
(Kittlitz, 1830)

Two subspecies
  • P. m. megapodius (von Kittlitz, 1830)
  • P. m. atacamae (R. A Philippi-B, 1946)
Chile
 Size:

Habitat:

Diet:		  LC 



References
  1. Chesser RT (1999) Molecular Systematics of the Rhinocryptid Genus Pteroptochos. The Condor 101(2): 439–446. https://doi.org/10.2307/1370012
  2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2023). "Antthrushes, antpittas, gnateaters, tapaculos, crescentchests". IOC World Bird List Version 13.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 16 March 2023.


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