Zimmer's Tapaculo (Scytalopus zimmeri)

Family
Rhinocryptidae (Tapaculos)

Size
10.50 - 11 cm

First Described (Guide)
Bond & Meyer de Schauensee, 1940

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From 1,700 - 3,200 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia (B).

Andean slopes in Chuquisaca and Tarija, in southern Bolivia.

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)...)

Zimmer's Tapaculo (Scytalopus zimmeri) [XC16297]
by Niels Krabbe from Chuquisaca: Portillo, Bolivia (call, calls juv f)

Zimmer's Tapaculo (Scytalopus zimmeri) [XC32118]
by Niels Krabbe from Salta: Finca El Candado, Argentina (call, brzk call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Scytalopus magellanicus (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Magellanic Tapaculo (Scytalopus magellanicus), Pale-bellied Tapaculo (Scytalopus griseicollis), Lara Tapaculo (Scytalopus fuscicauda), Neblina Tapaculo (Scytalopus altirostris), Ancash Tapaculo (Scytalopus affinis), Tschudi's Tapaculo (Scytalopus acutirostris), Vilcabamba Tapaculo (Scytalopus urubambae), Puna Tapaculo (Scytalopus simonsi), Zimmer's Tapaculo (Scytalopus zimmeri), Dusky Tapaculo (Scytalopus fuscus) and Paramillo Tapaculo (Scytalopus canus) following SACC (2005).

Forms a superspecies with White-browed Tapaculo (Scytalopus superciliaris) and perhaps conspecific. Was formerly treated sometimes as a subspecies of Magellanic Tapaculo (Scytalopus magellanicus).

References
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