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Perija Tapaculo
Scytalopus perijanus
Near ThreatenedThe Perija Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Colombia and Venezuela. 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 Near Threatened, 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
- Perija Tapaculo Range — Undergrowth and forest of Colombia and Venezuela
- Population
- ≈ Not quantified (declining)