Misclassified for 70 years

[Pajarita]

I wonder how many others are there and how many of the 'misclassified' are now extinct...

As an interesting note, the common name of the species 'Tapaculo' comes from the calling they make which sounds similar to the Spanish words 'tapa' meaning cover and 'culo' meaning behind, posterior, arse or what they know call 'booty' -LOL- and not because they actually cover their own behind - quite the contrary, they actually raise their tail almost perpendicular to the ground when they sing - see this: http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=paj ... tedIndex=0

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 160531.htm

[Wolf]

I can't find it now, but I think that I read recently that there is something like 35,000 different birds awaiting classification.