Loja Tapaculo (Scytalopus androstictus) | Calls and ID

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What the Loja Tapaculo sounds like

Sonogram of the Loja Tapaculo: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Zamora-Chinchipe: e-slope Cerro Toledo, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song, long song · Zamora-Chinchipe: e-slope Cerro Toledo, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

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The Loja tapaculo is approximately 10.5 cm (4.1 in) long. Males weigh 13.9 to 17.9 g (0.49 to 0.63 oz) and females 13.4 to 16 g (0.47 to 0.56 oz). Males are very dark gray above and medium to dark gray on most of the underside. The flanks and vent area are tawny to dark brown with darker barring. Most males also have white primary coverts that show as a patch when the wing is folded. The female is brown above and pale to medium gray on most of the underside. Like the male it has brownish flanks and vent area.

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When to see the Loja Tapaculo

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Loja Tapaculo

Regular range

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Ecuador Peru

About the Loja Tapaculo

The Loja tapaculo is a species of bird in the family Rhinocryptidae that the South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society (AOS) accepted as a new species in July 2020. It had been classified as a subspecies of paramo tapaculo. It is found in Ecuador and Peru.

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Easily confused with

Large-footed TapaculoScytalopus macropusThe large-footed tapaculo is 14 cm (5.5 in) long. Paramillo TapaculoScytalopus canusThe Paramillo tapaculo resembles other Scytalopus tapaculos, being overall dark grey, but lacking the brown lower flanks of the Paramo tapaculo. Marsh TapaculoScytalopus iraiensisIt is a small, dumpy bird with broad tail-feathers and a total length of approximately 12.5 cm.

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