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Rock Tapaculo
Scytalopus petrophilus
Least ConcernThe Rock 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. Fun fact: The name tapaculo refers to the habit of cocking the tail, and these birds are notoriously hard to glimpse in their tangled habitat.
- Family
- Rhinocryptidae
- Group
- Tapaculos
- Range
- Rock Tapaculo Range — Undergrowth and forest of Brazil
- Population
- ≈ Not quantified