Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Cuzco Tapaculo*
Id (Atlas):
Scytalopus urubambae
Description (10 )
Cuzco Tapaculo
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Other Names (World)
Vilcabamba Tapaculo, Cuzco Tapaculo
Family
Rhinocryptidae (Tapaculos)
Size
11 - 12 cm
First Described (Guide )
J.T. Zimmer, 1939
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From 3,500 - 4,200 m.
Peru (B).
Andes of east-central Peru in southern Cordillera Vilcabamba.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (11)... )
Listen to XC468100
Vilcabamba Tapaculo (Scytalopus urubambae ) [XC468100 ]
by Gunnar Engblom from Cusco: near Ohuro, Peru (song)
Listen to XC468095
Vilcabamba Tapaculo (Scytalopus urubambae ) [XC468095 ]
by from Cusco: Sta Teresa Valley: R\u00edo Ucumare: near Totora, Peru (call, song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Scytalopus magellanicus (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Magellanic Tapaculo (Scytalopus magellanicus ), Rufous-rumped Tapaculo (Scytalopus griseicollis ), Lara Tapaculo (Scytalopus fuscicauda ), Neblina Tapaculo (Scytalopus altirostris ), Ancash Tapaculo (Scytalopus affinis ), Tschudi's Tapaculo (Scytalopus acutirostris ), Cuzco Tapaculo (Scytalopus urubambae ), Andean Tapaculo (Scytalopus simonsi ), Zimmer's Tapaculo (Scytalopus zimmeri ), Dusky Tapaculo (Scytalopus fuscus ) and Páramo Tapaculo (Scytalopus canus ) following SACC (2005).
Formerly treated as a subspecies of Magellanic Tapaculo (Scytalopus magellanicus ). Related to Diademed Tapaculo (Scytalopus schulenbergi ) and Andean Tapaculo (Scytalopus simonsi ), and apparently also to two undescribed species from south-central Peru (one at 3450-3650 m in Pasco, one at 3000-4000 m in Apurímac).
References
See References .
Files:
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