
The tapaculos are a family, Rhinocryptidae, of small suboscine passerine birds, found mainly in South America and with the highest diversity in the Andean regions. Three species are found in southern Central America.

The tapaculos are a family, Rhinocryptidae, of small suboscine passerine birds, found mainly in South America and with the highest diversity in the Andean regions. Three species are found in southern Central America.

The ash-colored tapaculo is a species of bird in the family Rhinocryptidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

The crested gallito is a species of bird in the family Rhinocryptidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay.

Eleoscytalopus is a genus of tapaculos found in lowland Atlantic forest of eastern Brazil. Until recently, they were included in the genus Scytalopus, but the two species are actually closer to the bristlefronts. Unlike the members of the genus Scytalopus, the members of Eleoscytalopus have largely white underparts and bluish-grey upperparts. The voices of the members of the two genera also differ.

The ocellated tapaculo 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.

The ochre-flanked tapaculo is a species of bird in the family Rhinocryptidae. It is found in south-central Chile and adjacent western Argentina.

Pteroptochos is a genus of bird in the family Rhinocryptidae. It contains the following species:Chestnut-throated huet-huet Black-throated huet-huet Moustached turca

The rusty-belted tapaculo, Liosceles thoracicus, is a species of bird in the family Rhinocryptidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

The sandy gallito is a species of bird in the family Rhinocryptidae, the tapaculos. It is endemic to Argentina.
The spotted bamboowren is a species of bird in the family Rhinocryptidae, the tapaculos. It is found in southeastern Brazil, far northeastern Argentina, and possibly Paraguay.