Dusky Tapaculo (Scytalopus fuscus)

Family
Rhinocryptidae (Tapaculos)

Size
12 cm

First Described (Guide)
Gould, 1837

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist shrubland. From 950 - 1,800 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Chile.

Central Chile from southern Atacama to B��o B��o.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

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

Dusky Tapaculo (Scytalopus fuscus) [XC113318]
by Peter Boesman from Melosilla, Chile (call, aproximaci\u00f3n a fuente de playback)

Dusky Tapaculo (Scytalopus fuscus) [XC877647]
by id from Umbral Plazoleta Negra, Santiago, Regi\u00f3n Metropolitana, Chile (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Scytalopus magellanicus (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Magellanic Tapaculo (Scytalopus magellanicus), Pale-bellied Tapaculo (Scytalopus griseicollis), Lara Tapaculo (Scytalopus fuscicauda), Neblina Tapaculo (Scytalopus altirostris), Ancash Tapaculo (Scytalopus affinis), Tschudi's Tapaculo (Scytalopus acutirostris), Vilcabamba Tapaculo (Scytalopus urubambae), Puna Tapaculo (Scytalopus simonsi), Zimmer's Tapaculo (Scytalopus zimmeri), Dusky Tapaculo (Scytalopus fuscus) and Paramillo Tapaculo (Scytalopus canus) following SACC (2005).

Formerly treated as a subspecies of Magellanic Tapaculo (Scytalopus magellanicus), but occurs sympatrically with it at several localities in south of range.

References
See References.

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