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Boa Nova Tapaculo
Scytalopus gonzagai
EndangeredThe Boa Nova Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Brazil. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries mouse-like through dense undergrowth and bamboo with its tail often cocked, staying hidden as it searches near the ground for insects. Classified as Endangered, it is threatened mainly by the clearing and fragmentation of its forest habitat. Fun fact: Many tapaculos are told apart mainly by voice, as different species can look almost identical in the gloom of the undergrowth.
- Family
- Rhinocryptidae
- Group
- Tapaculos
- Range
- Boa Nova Tapaculo Range — Undergrowth and forest of Brazil
- Population
- ≈ Not quantified (declining)