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Blackish Tapaculo

Scytalopus latrans

Not Evaluated · IUCN Red List

NENot EvaluatedInvertebratesForestCavity nestSmall · 18 g
Blackish Tapaculo (Scytalopus latrans), photo 1
Photo: Aves y Conservación/NBII Image Gallery · Public domain
Blackish Tapaculo (Scytalopus latrans), photo 2
Photo: (c) Ryan F. Mandelbaum, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
Blackish Tapaculo (Scytalopus latrans), photo 3
Photo: (c) Daniel Mesa, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

What the Blackish Tapaculo sounds like

Sonogram of the Blackish Tapaculo: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Azuay: upper Yunguilla Valley, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Blackish Tapaculo: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Zamora-Chinchipe: camp on Ventanilla-Christopher Parson trail, Reserva Tapichalaca, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Blackish Tapaculo: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Azuay: upper Yunguilla Valley, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The blackish tapaculo is approximately 11 cm (4.3 in) long. Males weigh 16 to 21 g (0.56 to 0.74 oz) and females 14 to 20 g (0.49 to 0.71 oz). The male of the "blackish" subspecies is dark to very dark gray and the female is dark gray, sometimes with an olive wash. The juvenile is not well known but is believed to be dull brown. The "Pacific" subspecies male is black while the female is gray, darker above and lighter below, with brown flanks. The juvenile is brown.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

When to see the Blackish Tapaculo

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Blackish Tapaculo

Regular range

The map shades 4 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Colombia Ecuador Peru Venezuela

About the Blackish Tapaculo

The blackish tapaculo is a species of bird in the family Rhinocryptidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Spillmann's Tapaculo (Scytalopus spillmanni) Spillmann's TapaculoScytalopus spillmanniSpillmann's tapaculo is 12 cm (4.7 in) long. Magellanic Tapaculo (Scytalopus magellanicus) Magellanic TapaculoScytalopus magellanicusIt is a wren-like bird, 10 to 12 cm in length. Narino TapaculoScytalopus viciniorThe Nariño tapaculo looks similar to several other Andean tapaculos.

Side by side: Blackish Tapaculo vs Spillmann's Tapaculo · Blackish Tapaculo vs Magellanic Tapaculo

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