White-browed Tapaculo (Scytalopus superciliaris)

Family
Rhinocryptidae (Tapaculos)

Size
12 cm

First Described (Guide)
Cabanis, 1883

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From 1,500 - 3,350 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A slow, raucous 'tit-tew...... tit-tew...'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (18)...)

White-browed Tapaculo (Scytalopus superciliaris) [XC764602]
by Niels Krabbe from Catamarca: 680 m SSW La Silleta, Argentina (song)

White-browed Tapaculo (Scytalopus superciliaris) [XC394801]
by Niels Krabbe from Taf\u00ed del Valle, Taf\u00ed del Valle, Tucum\u00e1n, Argentina (song)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Zimmer's Tapaculo (Scytalopus zimmeri) and perhaps conspecific, and both have previously been treated as subspecies of Magellanic Tapaculo (Scytalopus magellanicus).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

santabarbarae Nores, 1986 - Santa B�rbara Mts in Jujuy (and presumably adjacent Salta), north-western Argentina.
superciliaris Cabanis, 1883 - Main Andean slope from Jujuy south to Catamarca, north-western Argentina.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for White-browed Tapaculo (Scytalopus superciliaris) - 10 files

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