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TAPACULOS
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RHINOCRYPTIDAE
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Sandy Gallito
Teledromas
fuscus
Los Cardones NP, Salta province, Argentina.
A very plain bird endemic to highland deserts
in
northern Argentina. They are mostly terrestrial, but sing from the tops
of small bushes for a short period at dawn. |
 | Rusty-belted Tapaculo Liosceles thoracicus erithacus Shiripuno Lodge, Pastaza province, Ecuador. The only tapaculo of the Amazon region. They are typically found around fallen logs on the floor of primary forest. |
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Spillmann's Tapaculo
Scytalopus
spillmanni
Upper Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha province, Ecuador.
Tapaculos of the ever-growing genus Scytalopus are
particularly hard to photograph. This is my only shot, a very recently
fledged juvenile that was begging at the side of the road. Identified
because it is the only Scytalopus
occurring in that location at that elevation. |
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"Espinhaço Tapaculo"
Scytalopus
speluncae
Chapada de Diamantina, Bahia state, Brazil.
A recent paper (Zootaxa 1271: 37-56 (2006))
redescribed S. speluncae
as only occurring in the Serra de Espinhaço range in
interior Bahia and Minas Gerais, and gave birds formerly called S. speluncae, those
occurring in the Serra do Mar, a new name: S. notorius. By
range and voice (click
to listen), the bird photographed here must be S. speluncae.
The English name has not been agreed upon yet - it would be confusing
for this form to keep the old name Mouse-colored Tapaculo, so I would
prefer it to be called Espinhaço Tapaculo.
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