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Vilcabamba Tapaculo

Scytalopus urubambae

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernEndemicInvertebratesForestCavity nestTiny · 13 g

What the Vilcabamba Tapaculo sounds like

Sonogram of the Vilcabamba Tapaculo: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Jian Mei · Song · Zurite (near Andenes), Anta, Cuzco, Peru · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Vilcabamba Tapaculo: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Uri Wolkowski · Call · señalamiento a laguna (near Soray), Anta, Cuzco, Peru · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Vilcabamba Tapaculo: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Uri Wolkowski · Song · señalamiento a laguna (near Soray), Anta, Cuzco, Peru · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The Vilcabamba tapaculo is 10 to 12 cm (3.9 to 4.7 in) long; one male weighed 13 g (0.46 oz). It is a wren-like bird with a slender bill and fairly long legs. The tail is short and held erect. The male's upper parts are dark gray and the chest medium gray merging to pale gray on the belly. The rump is reddish brown with faint bars. The flanks and vent area are cinnamon, also with faint bars. The female is similar, but the upper parts' gray is paler and the neck has a brown wash. The flanks are a brighter reddish brown and do not have bars.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

When to see the Vilcabamba 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 Vilcabamba Tapaculo

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Peru

About the Vilcabamba Tapaculo

The Vilcabamba tapaculo is a small passerine bird in the family Rhinocryptidae. It is endemic to Peru.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Brasilia Tapaculo (Scytalopus novacapitalis) Brasilia TapaculoScytalopus novacapitalisThe Brasília tapaculo is 11 cm (4.3 in) long. Zimmer's Tapaculo (Scytalopus zimmeri) Zimmer's TapaculoScytalopus zimmeriZimmer's tapaculo is 10.5 cm (4.1 in) long. Large-footed TapaculoScytalopus macropusThe large-footed tapaculo is 14 cm (5.5 in) long.

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