Marsh Tapaculo

Scytalopus iraiensis

Vulnerable

The Marsh 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 Vulnerable, it is threatened mainly by the clearing and fragmentation of its forest habitat. Fun fact: Tapaculos are weak fliers that prefer to run and hop through dense cover rather than take wing.

Family

Rhinocryptidae

Group

Tapaculos

Range

Marsh Tapaculo Range — Undergrowth and forest of Brazil

Population

≈ Not quantified (declining)

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