Unicolored Tapaculo

Scytalopus unicolor

Near Threatened

The Unicolored Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Peru and Colombia. 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: Many tapaculos are told apart mainly by voice, as different species can look almost identical in the gloom of the undergrowth.

Family
Rhinocryptidae
Range
Unicolored Tapaculo Range — Undergrowth and forest of Peru and Colombia
Population
≈ Not quantified (declining)
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