Heteroscelus is a scientific name given to a genus of birds found in South America. The spelling of this word can be explained through IPA phonetic transcription, where "h" represents the voiceless glottal fricative, "e" represents schwa, "t" is pronounced as voiceless alveolar stop, "r" is pronounced as the alveolar trill, "o" represents the close-mid back rounded vowel, "s" is pronounced as voiceless alveolar sibilant, "c" represents voiceless alveolar affricate, "e" represents schwa and "l" is pronounced as the alveolar lateral approximant.