Ocellated tapaculo
| Ocellated tapaculo | |
|---|---|
| Photographed in Columbia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Rhinocryptidae |
| Genus: | Acropternis Cabanis & Heine, 1860 |
| Species: | A. orthonyx |
| Binomial name | |
| Acropternis orthonyx (Lafresnaye, 1843) | |
The ocellated tapaculo (Acropternis orthonyx) is a large bird found in the northern Andes in South America. It is a highly distinctive tapaculo; traditionally united with its closest relatives in the Rhinocryptidae, this family is paraphyletic with the Formicariidae (ground-antbirds) but instead of merging the tapaculos with the ground-antbird family, recent sources tend to split the antpittas from the Formicariidae.