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{{Short description|Family of birds}} {{Automatic Taxobox | name = Tapaculos | image = Turca, Alto del Naranjo 01nov14 .jpg | image_caption = [[Moustached turca]] (''Pteroptochos megapodius'') | taxon = Rhinocryptidae | synonyms = Pteroptochidae | authority = [[Alexander Wetmore|Wetmore]], 1930 | subdivision_ranks = [[Genus|Genera]] | subdivision = *''[[Acropternis]]'' *''[[Eleoscytalopus]]'' *''[[Eugralla]]'' *''[[Liosceles]]'' *''[[Merulaxis]]'' *''[[Myornis]]'' *''[[Psilorhamphus]]'' *''[[Pteroptochos]]'' *''[[Rhinocrypta]]'' *''[[Scelorchilus]]'' *''[[Scytalopus]]'' *''[[Teledromas]]'' }} The '''tapaculos''' {{IPAc-en|%|t|{|p|@|"|k|u:|l|oU|z|,_|%|t|A:|p|A:|-}} or '''tapacolos''' {{IPAc-en|-|"|k|oU|-}}<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Chambers Dictionary|publisher=Chambers|year=2003|isbn=0-550-10105-5|edition=9th|chapter=tapaculo}}</ref><ref>{{cite Merriam-Webster|tapacolo|access-date=2022-03-25}}</ref><!-- The two British dictionaries give /%tA:pA:-/, while Merriam-Webster gives /%t{p@-/; however, this appears to be too infrequent word to consider the existence of a UK vs US dichotomy. --> are a [[Family (biology)|family]], '''Rhinocryptidae''', of small [[suboscine]] [[passerine]] birds, found mainly in [[South America]] and with the highest diversity in the [[Andean]] regions. Three species ([[Chocó tapaculo|Chocó]], [[Tacarcuna tapaculo|Tacarcuna]], and the [[silvery-fronted tapaculo|silvery-fronted]]) are found in southern [[Central America]].
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