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Magellanic Tapaculo

Scytalopus magellanicus

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestCavity nestTiny · 14 g
Magellanic Tapaculo (Scytalopus magellanicus), photo 1
Photo: Wayman Kong Gallardo · CC BY 4.0
Magellanic Tapaculo (Scytalopus magellanicus), photo 2
Photo: Georg Forster (1754–1794) · Public domain
Magellanic Tapaculo (Scytalopus magellanicus), photo 3
Photo: Frank Dietze · CC BY 4.0
Magellanic Tapaculo (Scytalopus magellanicus), photo 4
Photo: Eric Schmidt · CC BY 4.0
Magellanic Tapaculo (Scytalopus magellanicus), photo 5
Photo: Eric Schmidt · CC BY 4.0
Magellanic Tapaculo (Scytalopus magellanicus), photo 6
Photo: Ezequiel Vera · CC BY 4.0
Magellanic Tapaculo (Scytalopus magellanicus), photo 7
Photo: Wayman Kong Gallardo · CC BY 4.0
Magellanic Tapaculo (Scytalopus magellanicus), photo 8
Photo: Georg Forster (1754–1794) · Public domain

What the Magellanic Tapaculo sounds like

Sonogram of the Magellanic Tapaculo: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Alex Toledo · Call, song · Puerto Montt, Llanquihue, Los Lagos, Chile · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

It is a wren-like bird, 10 to 12 cm in length. The bill is slender and black while the legs are pinkish and fairly long. The tail is short and held erect. The plumage is dark-grey with a chestnut tinge to the flanks, undertail and wings. Some birds have a silvery-white patch on the crown. Juvenile birds are brown with dark barring and usually lack white on the crown. The song is loud, staccato and repetitive.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

When to see the Magellanic Tapaculo

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Magellanic Tapaculo

Regular range

The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Chile Argentina Colombia

About the Magellanic Tapaculo

The Magellanic tapaculo is a small passerine bird in the tapaculo family Rhinocryptidae that is found in southern South America.

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. Narino TapaculoScytalopus viciniorThe Nariño tapaculo looks similar to several other Andean tapaculos. 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).

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

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