Zimmer's Tapaculo

Scytalopus zimmeri

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesRockyCavity nestSmall · 16 g

What the Zimmer's Tapaculo sounds like

Sonogram of the Zimmer's Tapaculo: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Belén y Diego · Uncertain · Valle Colorado, Valle Grande, Jujuy, Argentina · CC0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Zimmer's Tapaculo: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Salta: Finca El Candado, Argentina · CC BY-SA 3.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Zimmer's Tapaculo: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Salta: Finca El Candado, Argentina · CC BY-SA 3.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

Zimmer's tapaculo is 10.5 cm (4.1 in) long. Males weigh 17.6 to 19.9 g (0.62 to 0.70 oz) and one female weighed 15.9 g (0.56 oz). The adult's most striking feature is its white supercilium, throat, and upper breast. The rest of the head, the back, and the wings are gray with a brown wash on the back. The lower breast and belly are also gray. Its flanks and vent are olive-brown and have dusky bars. The juvenile's supercilium is faint buff, its upper parts olive-brown with dusky bars, its breast and upper belly gray, and the flanks and lower belly are buff with dusky bars. Voice: The song of Zimmer's tapaculo is a series three to five burry notes repeated at intervals, often for many minutes . Its call is described as one or two "quick" notes repeated at intervals .

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When to see the Zimmer's Tapaculo

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Zimmer's Tapaculo

Regular range

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

About the Zimmer's Tapaculo

Zimmer's tapaculo is a species of passerine bird in the family Rhinocryptidae. It is found in Bolivia and Argentina.

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