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The Tacarcuna tapaculo is 11 cm (4.3 in) long. The male's upperparts are dark gray and the lower back and rump are reddish. The throat and breast are lighter gray and the flanks and crissum (the area around the cloaca) are tawny with black bars. It has a prominent whitish supercilium. The female is similar but has browner upper parts.
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When to see the Tacarcuna Tapaculo
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 5 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Tacarcuna Tapaculo
The map shades 1 country 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 Colombia.
About the Tacarcuna Tapaculo
The Tacarcuna tapaculo is a species of bird in the family Rhinocryptidae. It is found in Panama and Colombia.
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Easily confused with
Boa Nova TapaculoScytalopus gonzagaiCovered in grey plumage and with yellow to brown claws, the species measures 12 centimetres (4.7 in) long and weighs 15 grams (0.53 oz).
White-winged TapaculoScytalopus krabbeiLike other Scytalopus tapaculos, white-winged tapaculos are small and drab birds.
Junin TapaculoScytalopus gettyaeThe measurements based on four specimens which include three adult males and one subadult male.
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