Bahia Tapaculo

Eleoscytalopus psychopompus

Endangered · IUCN Red List

ENEndangeredEndemicInvertebratesForestCavity nestSmall · 18 g

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Until the 1990s the Bahia tapaculo was known from only three specimens. Surveys targeting it have resulted in sight, photographic, and audio records since then. Based on the specimens, the white-breasted tapaculo is 11 cm (4.3 in) long. One male weighed 17.5 g (0.62 oz) and one female18 g (0.63 oz). The adult's upper parts are blue-gray and its rump reddish brown. The throat, chest, and belly are white and the flanks and vent area are chestnut without the barring that the very similar white-breasted tapaculo has.

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When to see the Bahia Tapaculo

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Bahia Tapaculo

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Bahia Tapaculo

The Bahia tapaculo is a species of bird in the family Rhinocryptidae. It is endemic to lowland Atlantic forest in Bahia, Brazil.

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