Alternative name: Cuzco Tapaculo
- Scytalopus urubambae
Identification
10 cm. A small Tapaculo with orange flanks.
- Dark grey upperparts
- Rufous-brown rump an uppertail-coverts with indistinct bars
- Dusky wings
- Grey tail with a black terminal band
- Medium grey underparts, pale grey belly and bright cinnamon-rufous flanks
Females are similar but paler grey, with a brown wash on nape and brighter rufous flanks.
Distribution
Endemic to east-cetnral Peru (southern Cordillera Vilcabamba).
Locally common.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
Habitat
Found in humid montane and elfin forest, usually in areas with boulders and lots of moss.
Occurs at 3500 to 4170m.
Behaviour
Diet
Diet unknown. Creeps and hops around in dense mossy vegetation around the tree-line and in boulder fields.
Breeding
No information available.
Movements
This is probably a sedentary species.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2016)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Vilcabamba Tapaculo. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 12 October 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Vilcabamba_Tapaculo
