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Unicolored Tapaculo
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Unicolored Tapaculo
Scytalopus unicolor
The unicolored tapaculo (Scytalopus unicolor) is a species of bird in the Rhinocryptidae family. It is found in Peru. The blackish tapaculo, S. latrans, is now considered a separate species. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.
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Description
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.
Range & habitat
The unicolored tapaculo is found only in southern Cajamarca Department and La Libertad Department of northwestern Peru. It inhabits the dense understory of humid montane forest on the east side of the Andes at elevations of 2,000 to 3,170 m (6,560 to 10,400 ft).
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
What it does
The unicolored tapaculo's diet is unknown as are its foraging and breeding phenologies. Its song is a short series of notes whose pace increases [1]. Its call is a single note [2].
Wikipedia: “Behavior”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 14742.