Spillmann's Tapaculo (Scytalopus spillmanni)

Family
Rhinocryptidae (Tapaculos)

Size
12.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
Stresemann, 1937

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From 1,900 - 3,700 m.

Range (Guide)

Ecuador, Peru.

Central Andes of Colombia south to Ecuador (in west to Cotopaxi, in east to right bank of R Paute).

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 (50)...)

Spillmann's Tapaculo (Scytalopus) [XC641706]
by Jorge L. Pe\u00f1a from Entrada 1er T\u00fanel Km 35 Florencia - Caquet\u00e1., Colombia (song)

Spillmann's Tapaculo (Scytalopus spillmanni) [XC539693]
by Nunes-de-Almeida from Below Hotel Termales de Ruiz, Colombia (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Scytalopus latebricola (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Brown-rumped Tapaculo (Scytalopus latebricola), Caracas Tapaculo (Scytalopus caracae), Merida Tapaculo (Scytalopus meridanus) and Spillmann's Tapaculo (Scytalopus spillmanni) following SACC (2005).

Forms a superspecies with Chusquea Tapaculo (Scytalopus parkeri). Formerly considered a subspecies of Brown-rumped Tapaculo (Scytalopus latebricola).

References
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