Ampay tapaculo

The Ampay tapaculo (Scytalopus whitneyi) is a species of bird in the family Rhinocryptidae that the South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society accepted as a new species in July 2020.[1][2] It is endemic to Peru.

Ampay tapaculo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Rhinocryptidae
Genus:	Scytalopus
Species:	S. whitneyi
Binomial name
Scytalopus whitneyi Niels Krabbe et al., 2020

As of January 2021, the most recent version of the Clements taxonomy does not include it, but the International Ornithological Congress (IOC) does.[3][4]

References

1. Krabbe, N.K.; Schulenberg, T.S.; Hosner, P.A.; Rosenberg, K.V.; Davis, T.J.; Rosenberg, G.H.; Lane, D.F.; Anderson, M.J.; Robbins, M.B.; Cadena, C.D.; Valqui, T.; Salter, J.F.; Spencer, A.J.; Angulo, F.; Fjeldså, J. (2020). "Untangling cryptic diversity in the High Andes: Revision of the Scytalopus [magellanicus] complex (Rhinocryptidae) in Peru reveals three new species". Auk. 137 (2). doi:10.1093/auk/ukaa003. S2CID 213640651.
2. Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. Jaramillo, J. F. Pacheco, C. Ribas, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, D. F. Stotz, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 28 July 2020. A classification of the bird species of South America. American Ornithological Society. http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm retrieved October 20, 2020
3. Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P. (January 2021). "IOC World Bird List (v 11.1)". Retrieved January 14, 2021.
4. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/ Retrieved August 15, 2019