Unicolored Tapaculo

Scytalopus unicolor

Near Threatened · IUCN Red List

NTNear ThreatenedInvertebratesForestSmall · 18 g

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The unicolored tapaculo is 10.5 cm (4.1 in) long. The male is gray, darker above and lighter below. Its rear (above and below) sometimes has a slightly light brown wash. The female is similar but the brown wash is more often darker. The immature is brown above and dull yellowish below, with spots and bars on the belly and flanks respectively.

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When to see the Unicolored Tapaculo

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

Where to see the Unicolored Tapaculo

Regular range

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Unicolored Tapaculo

The unicolored tapaculo is a species of bird in the family Rhinocryptidae. It is endemic to Peru.

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