Santa Marta Tapaculo (Scytalopus sanctaemartae)

Family
Rhinocryptidae (Tapaculos)

Size
11 cm

First Described (Guide)
Chapman, 1915

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From 900 - 1,700 m.

Range (Guide)

Colombia.

Santa Marta Mts (northern Colombia).

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 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (15)...)

Santa Marta Tapaculo (Scytalopus sanctaemartae) [XC236158]
by Niels Krabbe from Magdalena: San Lorenzo ridge, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia (duet, song, complete duet and song)

Santa Marta Tapaculo (Scytalopus sanctaemartae) [XC444974]
by CHRIS DRYSDALE from Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Scytalopus femoralis (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Rufous-vented Tapaculo (Scytalopus femoralis), White-crowned Tapaculo (Scytalopus atratus), Bolivian Tapaculo (Scytalopus bolivianus), Santa Marta Tapaculo (Scytalopus sanctaemartae) and Long-tailed Tapaculo (Scytalopus micropterus) following SACC (2005).

Previously treated as a subspecies of Rufous-vented Tapaculo (Scytalopus femoralis).

References
See References.

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