Silvery-fronted Tapaculo (Scytalopus argentifrons)

Other Names (World)
Silvery-fronted Tapaculo, Chiriqui Tapaculo (chiriquensis)

Family
Rhinocryptidae (Tapaculos)

Size
10 cm

First Described (Guide)
Ridgway, 1891

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest, high altitude shrubland. From 1,000 - 3,100 m.

Range (Guide)

Costa Rica, Panama.

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 (37)...)

Silvery-fronted Tapaculo (Scytalopus argentifrons) [XC274182]
by Peter Boesman from Tapant\u00ed NP, Cartago, Costa Rica (call)

Silvery-fronted Tapaculo (Scytalopus argentifrons) [XC501988]
by Hans Matheve from Bur\u00ed, Kakint\u00fa, Ng\u00e4be-Bugl\u00e9 Comarca, Panama (alarm call)

Subspecies
Subspecies chiriquensis has sometimes been treated as separate species, but appears not to differ vocally.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

argentifrons Ridgway, 1891 - Costa Rica and western Panama (Volc�n de Chiriqu��).
chiriquensis Griscom, 1924 - Western Panam� in eastern Chiriqu�� and eastern Veraguas.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Silvery-fronted Tapaculo (Scytalopus argentifrons) - 10 files

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