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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
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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Easily confused with
Bolivian TapaculoScytalopus bolivianusThe Bolivian tapaculo is 12 cm (4.7 in) long.
Ancash TapaculoScytalopus affinisThe male Ancash tapaculo's head and upper back are gray and the rest of the upper parts dark brown.
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