Planalto tapaculo
The Planalto tapaculo (Scytalopus pachecoi) is a small passerine bird belonging to the genus Scytalopus, a genus of tapaculos. It was previously included in the mouse-coloured tapaculo (S. speluncae) but was described as a new species in 2005 based on differences in plumage and vocalizations.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Rhinocryptidae |
| Genus: | Scytalopus |
| Species: | S. pachecoi |
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| Scytalopus pachecoi Maurício, 2005 | |
It is about 12 cm long and weighs around 15 grams. The upperparts are mainly dark grey, the underparts are paler grey. The flanks are buff with dark bars. Adult males of the mouse-coloured tapaculo are uniformly dark grey with no flank barring.
The song contains a long series of notes uttered at a rate of two or three per second. This compares to five notes per second in the faster song of the mouse-coloured tapaculo. The Planalto tapaculo has a distinctive, monosyllabic contact call and a loud alarm call.
It is known from southern Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina) and north-east Argentina (Misiones Province). It inhabits forest and forest edge where it is often found near streams and in undergrowth such as bamboo thickets. It has been found at higher densities in secondary forest rather than undisturbed forest.
References
Notes
- BirdLife International (2012). "Scytalopus pachecoi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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Sources
- Maurício, Giovanni Nachtigall (2005). "Taxonomy of new populations in the Scytalopus speluncae group, with description of a new species and remarks on the systematics and biogeography of the complex (Passeriformes: Rhinocryptidae)". Ararajuba. 13 (1): 7–28. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-19.
- "Proposal (#196) to South American Classification Committee: Recognize the newly proposed taxon Scytalopus pachecoi as a species". South American Classification Committee. 2005. Archived from the original on 7 February 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2015.