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Dusky Tapaculo

Scytalopus fuscus

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernEndemicInvertebratesForestDomed nestSmall · 18 g
Dusky Tapaculo (Scytalopus fuscus), photo 1
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Dusky Tapaculo (Scytalopus fuscus), photo 2
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Dusky Tapaculo (Scytalopus fuscus), photo 3
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Dusky Tapaculo (Scytalopus fuscus), photo 4
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Dusky Tapaculo (Scytalopus fuscus), photo 5
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Dusky Tapaculo (Scytalopus fuscus), photo 6
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Dusky Tapaculo (Scytalopus fuscus), photo 7
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Dusky Tapaculo (Scytalopus fuscus), photo 8
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Dusky Tapaculo (Scytalopus fuscus), photo 9
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Dusky Tapaculo (Scytalopus fuscus), photo 10
Photo: (c) avocat, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

ID tip

The dusky tapaculo is 11 cm (4.3 in) long. It is essentially gray all over, darker above and lighter below. The lower back and rump have a brown wash and the flanks are sometimes pale tawny brown with black bars. Voice: The dusky tapaculo's song is a repeated short rising trill .

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When to see the Dusky Tapaculo

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

Where to see the Dusky Tapaculo

Regular range

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

Chile

About the Dusky Tapaculo

The dusky tapaculo is a species of bird in the family Rhinocryptidae. It is endemic to Chile.

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Easily confused with

White-crowned Tapaculo (Scytalopus atratus) White-crowned TapaculoScytalopus atratusThe white-crowned tapaculo is 12 cm (4.7 in) long. Silvery-fronted Tapaculo (Scytalopus argentifrons) Silvery-fronted TapaculoScytalopus argentifronsThe silvery-fronted tapaculo is 11 cm (4.3 in) long and weighs 17 g (0.60 oz). Narino TapaculoScytalopus viciniorThe Nariño tapaculo looks similar to several other Andean tapaculos.

Side by side: Dusky Tapaculo vs Silvery-fronted Tapaculo · Dusky Tapaculo vs White-crowned Tapaculo · Dusky Tapaculo vs Pale-bellied Tapaculo

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