Long-tailed Tapaculo

Scytalopus micropterus

Least Concern

The Long-tailed Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Ecuador, Colombia, and Peru. 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. Fun fact: Tapaculos are weak fliers that prefer to run and hop through dense cover rather than take wing.

Family

Rhinocryptidae

Group

Tapaculos

Range

Long-tailed Tapaculo Range — Undergrowth and forest of Ecuador, Colombia, and Peru

Population

≈ Not quantified

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