Cerro Tacarcuna massif, on Panama-Colombia border.
 
Population
Estimated population is 10,000 - 19,999 (2010) and stable.
Status VU
Habitat loss or degradation through clearing, mining, agriculture and cultivation of coca are the main threats.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Voice
Song is a piping series 'tseety-seety seety seety...' or strident 'tuh tu-tu-tu-t' lasting 1.5 seconds. Repeated at several second intervals.
Tacarcuna Tapaculo (Scytalopus panamensis) [XC341935]
by Juan Miguel Ruiz-Ovalle from Dari\u00e9n Province, Panama (alarm call)
Tacarcuna Tapaculo (Scytalopus panamensis) [XC184866]
by Juan Miguel Ruiz-Ovalle from Cuchilla del Lago, cuenca r\u00edo Bonito, Corregimiento de Balboa, Ungu\u00eda, Choc\u00f3, Colombia (song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Formerly included Narino Tapaculo (Scytalopus vicinior) as a subspecies.