Mérida Tapaculo

Mérida Tapaculo
Mérida Tapaculo
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Rhinocryptidae
Genus: Scytalopus
Species: S. meridanus
Binomial name
Scytalopus meridanus
Hellmayr, 1922

The Mérida Tapaculo (Scytalopus meridanus) is a species of bird in the Rhinocryptidae family. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.

Taxonomy

The subspecies S. m. fuscicauda is sometimes split as a full species, the Lara Tapaculo (Scytalopus fuscicauda).

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