About the Planalto Tapaculo
The Planalto tapaculo is a small passerine bird in family Rhinocryptidae. It is found in southeastern Brazil and extreme northeastern Argentina.
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The Planalto tapaculo is about 12 cm (4.7 in) long and weighs about 15 g (0.53 oz). The male's upperparts are mainly dark gray and the underparts paler gray. The flanks are buff with dark bars, which differentiate it from the similar but unbarred mouse-colored tapaculo. The female is browner and the juvenile has not been described. Voice: The Planalto tapaculo's song contains a long series of notes starting at a rate of two or three per second and accelerating into a trill . This compares to five notes per second in the faster song of the mouse-colored tapaculo. The Planalto tapaculo has a distinctive, monosyllabic contact call and a loud alarm call.
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Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in April · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
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