How do you identify a White-browed Tapaculo?

The white-browed tapaculo is 10.5 cm (4.1 in) long. Full identification notes are on this page.

How big is a White-browed Tapaculo?

The White-browed Tapaculo is a small sized bird weighing about 18 g.

Where can you see a White-browed Tapaculo?

The White-browed Tapaculo is endemic to Argentina, which is the only country where it occurs.

What birds look similar to a White-browed Tapaculo?

The White-browed Tapaculo is most easily confused with the Ancash Tapaculo, the Magdalena Tapaculo and the Unicolored Tapaculo.

Is the White-browed Tapaculo endangered?

The White-browed Tapaculo is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

White-browed Tapaculo

Scytalopus superciliaris

Tapaculos · Passeriformes · Rare

The White-browed Tapaculo (Scytalopus superciliaris) is a rare tapaculo found only in Argentina, weighing about 18 g. The white-browed tapaculo is a species of bird in the family Rhinocryptidae.

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White-browed Tapaculo (Scytalopus superciliaris), photo 1 — Photo: Gabriel Reinoso Franchino · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

White-browed Tapaculo (Scytalopus superciliaris), photo 2 — Photo: Gonzalo Martinez · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

White-browed Tapaculo (Scytalopus superciliaris), photo 3 — Photo: Gonzalo Martinez · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

White-browed Tapaculo (Scytalopus superciliaris), photo 4 — Photo: Gonzalo Martinez · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

White-browed Tapaculo (Scytalopus superciliaris), photo 5 — Photo: Nicolas Olejnik · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

White-browed Tapaculo (Scytalopus superciliaris), photo 6 — Photo: Nicolas Olejnik · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

White-browed Tapaculo (Scytalopus superciliaris), photo 7 — Photo: Nicolas Olejnik · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

White-browed Tapaculo (Scytalopus superciliaris), photo 8 — Photo: Nicolas Olejnik · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

White-browed Tapaculo (Scytalopus superciliaris), photo 9 — Photo: Gabriel Reinoso Franchino · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

White-browed Tapaculo (Scytalopus superciliaris), photo 10 — Photo: Gabriel Reinoso Franchino · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

About the White-browed Tapaculo

The white-browed tapaculo is a species of bird in the family Rhinocryptidae. It is found in northwestern Argentina.

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How to identify it

The white-browed tapaculo is 10.5 cm (4.1 in) long. The nominate adult's most striking features are its long white supercilium, throat, and upper breast. The back and wings are grayish brown to brownish gray. The lower breast is gray. The rump is brown with fine bars. The flanks, belly, and crissum (the area around the cloaca) are pale olive-brown with black bars. Subspecies S. s. santabarbarae is darker, with upper parts trending to chestnut and the underparts being blackish-brown instead of gray. Voice: The white-browed tapaculo's song is "a single burred note...followed after short pause by drawn-out descending “churr”..., repeated for several minutes at regular pace" .

Where it lives

Argentina

When to see it

Best months: January, March, April, June, July, September, October, November, December, with peak activity in October. It is a variable species across most of its range.

Easily confused with

Quick questions

How do you identify a White-browed Tapaculo?: The white-browed tapaculo is 10.5 cm (4.1 in) long. Full identification notes are on this page.
How big is a White-browed Tapaculo?: The White-browed Tapaculo is a small sized bird weighing about 18 g.
Where can you see a White-browed Tapaculo?: The White-browed Tapaculo is endemic to Argentina, which is the only country where it occurs.
What birds look similar to a White-browed Tapaculo?: The White-browed Tapaculo is most easily confused with the Ancash Tapaculo, the Magdalena Tapaculo and the Unicolored Tapaculo.
Is the White-browed Tapaculo endangered?: The White-browed Tapaculo is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

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