Crested Gallito vs White-breasted Tapaculo

Crested Gallito

Rhinocrypta lanceolata

Medium62 gShrubland

The crested gallito is 21 cm (8.3 in) long. The male weighs 59 to 63.5 g (2.08 to 2.24 oz) and the female 51.5 to 64 g (1.82 to 2.26 oz). It is an unusual tapaculo, having long crown feathers that it often erects as a crest and even bends forward. It also has a long tail that it cocks upward. The nominate subspecies' head is cinnamon with white streaks, its upper parts including wings and tail olive gray. The throat and chest are pale gray, the sides of the breast chestnut, and the lower belly olive gray. R. l. saturata is similar but all of the colors are darker. Voice: The crested gallito sings only during the breeding season, with "a loud, resonant, 'chirrup'...at intervals of 2-4 seconds." . The call is "a trilled 'wheer'" .

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White-breasted Tapaculo

Eleoscytalopus indigoticus

Small16 gForest

The white-breasted tapaculo is 11 cm (4.3 in) long. Males weigh 13 to 18 g (0.46 to 0.63 oz) and females 12.2 to 16 g (0.43 to 0.56 oz). The male'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 with dark barring. Males in a small part of its range have more extensive dark underparts. Females and immatures are similar to the males but have browner upper parts. Voice: The white-breasted tapaculo's song is a seven to eight second trill that increases in volume after the first one or two seconds . It often sings inside tree cavities.

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Photos and recordings are credited to their authors under the licence shown. Full profiles: Crested Gallito and White-breasted Tapaculo.