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==Identification== | ==Identification== |
Latest revision as of 09:25, 7 February 2011
Alternative names: Mattorral Tapaculo, Matorral Tapaculo, Rufous-rumped Tapaculo
- Scytalopus griseicollis
Identification
10-14cm. Blackish grey plumage, rufous rump.
Distribution
Colombia and westernmost Venezuela.
Taxonomy
Two subspecies are recognized:
- griseicollis
- infasciatus
These two have been proposed lumped, as no consistent difference existed between them. Instead, a new subspecies gilesi was proposed. Also mentioned was that the northernmost population which overlaps with Venezuela might actually constitute a different species[1].
Habitat
Dense vegetation in mountainous regions. Matorral is a habitat name commonly used in Chile and Brazil, but not in the range of this bird.
Behaviour
The diet includes insects.
It builds a ball shaped nest of root fibre and moss in cavities in banks or amongst the roots of trees.
References
- Paper by Donegan & Avendaño lumping the two recognized subspecies and describing the new subspecies gilesi.