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Rusty-belted Tapaculo

Liosceles thoracicus

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestCavity nestSmall · 40 g
Rusty-belted Tapaculo (Liosceles thoracicus), photo 1
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Rusty-belted Tapaculo (Liosceles thoracicus), photo 2
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Rusty-belted Tapaculo (Liosceles thoracicus), photo 3
Photo: Abby Darrah · CC BY 4.0
Rusty-belted Tapaculo (Liosceles thoracicus), photo 4
Photo: (c) Abby Darrah, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
Rusty-belted Tapaculo (Liosceles thoracicus), photo 5
Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

What the Rusty-belted Tapaculo sounds like

Sonogram of the Rusty-belted Tapaculo: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Sucumbíos: 'La Selva Jungle Lodge', n bank Río Napo, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Rusty-belted Tapaculo: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call, calls · Morona-Santiago: e-slope Cord. de Cutucú: Uuntsuants, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Rusty-belted Tapaculo: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Orellana: 'Maxus' road km 37 (27 km SSE Pompeya), Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The rusty-belted tapaculo is 19.5 cm (7.7 in) long and weighs 39 to 42 g (1.4 to 1.5 oz). Its plumage is unlike that of any other tapaculo. The nominate subspecies has a grayish brown head with a white supercilium and a reddish brown back, wings, and rump. The throat is white with black streaks at the side, most of the breast is white, and the flanks and vent are barred with black, brown, and white. The upper breast has a yellow to orange brown band the gives the species its common name. Subspecies L. t. erithacus is browner on the head and the breast band is larger and darker. Subspecies L.

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When to see the Rusty-belted Tapaculo

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

Where to see the Rusty-belted Tapaculo

Regular range

The map shades 4 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Peru Ecuador Colombia Brazil

About the Rusty-belted Tapaculo

The rusty-belted tapaculo is a species of suboscine passerine bird in the tapaculo family Rhinocryptidae. It is the only species placed in the genus Liosceles. It is found in Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

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Easily confused with

Mouse-colored Tapaculo (Scytalopus speluncae) Mouse-colored TapaculoScytalopus speluncaeThe mouse-coloured tapaculo or Serra do Mar tapaculo is a species of bird in the family Rhinocryptidae. Paramo Tapaculo (Scytalopus opacus) Paramo TapaculoScytalopus opacusThe Paramo tapaculo resembles other Scytalopus tapaculos. Choco Tapaculo (Scytalopus chocoensis) Choco TapaculoScytalopus chocoensisThe Chocó tapaculo is 11 cm (4.3 in) long.

Side by side: Paramo Tapaculo vs Rusty-belted Tapaculo · Choco Tapaculo vs Rusty-belted Tapaculo

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