Pteroptochos

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

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

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

^ Chesser RT (1999) Molecular Systematics of the Rhinocryptid Genus Pteroptochos. The Condor 101(2): 439–446. https://doi.org/10.2307/1370012
^ 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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