Ocellated Tapaculo (Acropternis orthonyx)

Family
Rhinocryptidae (Tapaculos)

Size
22 - 23 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lafresnaye, 1843)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From 1,900 - 3,900 m.

Range (Guide)

Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (41)...)

Ocellated Tapaculo (Acropternis orthonyx) [XC666763]
by Mauricio Cuellar Ramirez (@Birding.travel) from Reserva Numbala, Palanda, Zamora Chinchipe, Ecuador (song)

Ocellated Tapaculo (Acropternis orthonyx) [XC301259]
by Alejandro Pinto-G\u00f3mez from Serran\u00eda las Bald\u00edas, San F\u00e9lix, Bello, Antioquia, Colombia (song)

Subspecies
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

orthonyx (Lafresnaye, 1843) - Andes of Trujillo, M�rida and T�chira in north-western Venezuela, and eastern and central Andes of Colombia.
infuscatus Salvadori & Festa, 1899 - Andes of Ecuador (southern in west to Chimborazo) and north-western Peru (Cerro Chinguela and Cordillera Col�n, in southern Amazonas).

References
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Files:

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