About the Crested Gallito
The crested gallito is a species of suboscine passerine bird in the tapaculo family Rhinocryptidae. It is the only species placed in the genus Rhinocrypta. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay.
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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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Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in October · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Pale-bellied TapaculoScytalopus griseicollisThe pale-bellied tapaculo is 10 to 11.5 cm (3.9 to 4.5 in) long.
White-breasted TapaculoEleoscytalopus indigoticusThe white-breasted tapaculo is 11 cm (4.3 in) long.
Ochre-flanked TapaculoEugralla paradoxaThe ochre-flanked tapaculo is 14.5 cm (5.7 in) long.
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