Unicolored Tapaculo (Scytalopus unicolor)

Other Names (World)
Unicolored Tapaculo, Unicoloured Tapaculo, Uni-colored Tapaculo, Uni-coloured Tapaculo

Family
Rhinocryptidae (Tapaculos)

Size
12 cm

First Described (Guide)
Salvin, 1895

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From 2,400 - 3,400 m.

Range (Guide)

Peru.

Eastern slope of western Andes of Peru in southern Cajamarca and La Libertad.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2011).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (4)...)

Unicolored Tapaculo (Scytalopus unicolor) [XC406599]
by id from Wallqayuq pruwinsya, Cajamarca, Peru (song)

Unicolored Tapaculo (Scytalopus unicolor) [XC229626]
by Ross Gallardy from Cajamarca area, Cajamarca, Peru (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Scytalopus unicolor (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Unicolored Tapaculo (Scytalopus unicolor), Blackish Tapaculo (Scytalopus latrans) and Trilling Tapaculo (Scytalopus parvirostris) following SACC (2005).

Formerly included Blackish Tapaculo (Scytalopus latrans) and Trilling Tapaculo (Scytalopus parvirostris) as subspecies, but vocalizations differ. Vocally most similar to Tschudi's Tapaculo (Scytalopus acutirostris).

References
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