- Scytalopus sanctaemartae
Identification
11 cm. A rather pale tapaculo with a short tail, a slender bill, barred brown flanks and a small white crown spot.
- Medium grey crown and back
- White spot on centre of crown, sometimes a brown wash on nape
- Tawny rump barred black, uppertail-coverts less barred
- Grey wings, remiges rusty tipped and buff
- Short, dark brown tail
- Grey throat and breast (paler than on back)
- Almost white centre of belly (or scalloped white)
- Brown barred flanks
Females similar but only with a trace of a white crown patch, a brown wash on upperparts and paler underparts.
Juveniles are heavily barred and scaled, similar to juveniles of White-crowned Tapaculo.
Distribution
Endemic to the Santa Marta Mountains in northern Colombia.
Not rare in its small range.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
Formerly treated as subspecies of Rufous-vented Tapaculo.
Habitat
Found in undergrowth and dark tangled ravines in dense humid forest.
Occurs at 900 to 1700 m.
Behaviour
Diet
No information on diet. Forages on the ground.
Breeding
A juvenile recorded in July. No other information.
Movements
Probably a sedentary species.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved December 2014)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Santa Marta Tapaculo. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 20 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Santa_Marta_Tapaculo
External Links
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