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ForestDomed nestMedium · 90 g
What the Ocellated Tapaculo sounds like
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This passerine averages 8.3-8.7 in (21–22 cm) in length and between 2.8 and 3.5 oz (80 and 100 gram). The bird is mostly black with large white spots, a brown flank, and a reddish head and throat. A call, apparently given by birds to announce their presence to conspecifics, is described as "loud, emphatic WHEEUW! whistle" which as it seems can be heard from a long distance. It is usually encountered in pairs or alone, hopping through bamboo along the forest floor. Preferring to stay close to the ground, it is more often heard than seen.
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When to see the Ocellated Tapaculo
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Ocellated Tapaculo
The map shades 3 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Peru.
About the Ocellated Tapaculo
The ocellated tapaculo is a large bird found in the northern Andes in South America. It is a highly distinctive tapaculo; traditionally united with its closest relatives in the Rhinocryptidae, this family is paraphyletic with the Formicariidae (ground-antbirds) but instead of merging the tapaculos with the ground-antbird family, recent sources tend to split the antpittas from the Formicariidae.
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Easily confused with
Black-throated Huet-huetPteroptochos tarniiThe black-throated huet-huet Spanish pronunciation: [wet wet] is a species of bird in the family Rhinocryptidae.
White-crowned TapaculoScytalopus atratusThe white-crowned tapaculo is 12 cm (4.7 in) long.
Pale-bellied TapaculoScytalopus griseicollisThe pale-bellied tapaculo is 10 to 11.5 cm (3.9 to 4.5 in) long.
Side by side: Ocellated Tapaculo vs White-crowned Tapaculo · Ocellated Tapaculo vs Pale-bellied Tapaculo
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