Bird group

Tapaculos

65 species in this group — each with its conservation status, population estimate and a short description.

Ampay Tapaculo
Scytalopus whitneyi
Near Threatened≈ Not quantified (declining)

The Ampay Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Peru. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries mouse-like through dense…

Ancash Tapaculo
Scytalopus affinis
Least Concern≈ Not quantified

The Ancash Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Peru. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries mouse-like through dense…

Ash-colored Tapaculo
Myornis senilis
Least Concern≈ Not quantified

The Ash-colored Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Colombia and Ecuador. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries mouse-like…

Bahia Tapaculo
Eleoscytalopus psychopompus
Endangered≈ Not quantified (declining)

The Bahia Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Brazil. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries mouse-like through dense…

Black-throated Huet-huet
Pteroptochos tarnii
Least Concern≈ Not quantified

The Black-throated Huet-huet is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Chile and Argentina. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries…

Blackish Tapaculo
Scytalopus latrans
Least Concern≈ Not quantified

The Blackish Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries…

Boa Nova Tapaculo
Scytalopus gonzagai
Endangered≈ Not quantified (declining)

The Boa Nova Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Brazil. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries mouse-like through dense…

Bolivian Tapaculo
Scytalopus bolivianus
Least Concern≈ Not quantified

The Bolivian Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Bolivia and Peru. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries mouse-like through…

Brasilia Tapaculo
Scytalopus novacapitalis
Endangered≈ Not quantified (declining)

The Brasilia Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Brazil. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries mouse-like through dense…

Brown-rumped Tapaculo
Scytalopus latebricola
Near Threatened≈ Not quantified (declining)

The Brown-rumped Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Colombia. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries mouse-like through…

Caracas Tapaculo
Scytalopus caracae
Least Concern≈ Not quantified

The Caracas Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Venezuela. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries mouse-like through dense…

Chestnut-throated Huet-huet
Pteroptochos castaneus
Least Concern≈ Not quantified

The Chestnut-throated Huet-huet is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Chile and Argentina. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries…

Choco Tapaculo
Scytalopus chocoensis
Least Concern≈ Not quantified

The Choco Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Colombia, Panama, and Ecuador. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries…

Chucao Tapaculo
Scelorchilus rubecula
Least Concern≈ Not quantified

The Chucao Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Chile and Argentina. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries mouse-like through…

Chusquea Tapaculo
Scytalopus parkeri
Least Concern≈ Not quantified

The Chusquea Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Ecuador and Peru. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries mouse-like through…

Crested Gallito
Rhinocrypta lanceolata
Least Concern≈ Not quantified

The Crested Gallito is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Argentina and Paraguay. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries mouse-like…

Diademed Tapaculo
Scytalopus schulenbergi
Least Concern≈ Not quantified

The Diademed Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Bolivia and Peru. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries mouse-like through…

Diamantina Tapaculo
Scytalopus diamantinensis
Endangered≈ Not quantified (declining)

The Diamantina Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Brazil. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries mouse-like through dense…

Dusky Tapaculo
Scytalopus fuscus
Least Concern≈ Not quantified

The Dusky Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Chile. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries mouse-like through dense…

Ecuadorian Tapaculo
Scytalopus robbinsi
Endangered≈ Not quantified (declining)

The Ecuadorian Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Ecuador. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries mouse-like through dense…

Jalca Tapaculo
Scytalopus frankeae
Least Concern≈ Not quantified

The Jalca Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Peru. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries mouse-like through dense…

Junin Tapaculo
Scytalopus gettyae
Near Threatened≈ Not quantified (declining)

The Junin Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Peru. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries mouse-like through dense…

Large-footed Tapaculo
Scytalopus macropus
Least Concern≈ Not quantified

The Large-footed Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Peru. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries mouse-like through dense…

Loja Tapaculo
Scytalopus androstictus
Least Concern≈ Not quantified

The Loja Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Ecuador and Peru. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries mouse-like through…

Long-tailed Tapaculo
Scytalopus micropterus
Least Concern≈ Not quantified

The Long-tailed Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Ecuador, Colombia, and Peru. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries…

Magdalena Tapaculo
Scytalopus rodriguezi
Endangered≈ Not quantified (declining)

The Magdalena Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Colombia. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries mouse-like through dense…

Magellanic Tapaculo
Scytalopus magellanicus
Least Concern≈ Not quantified

The Magellanic Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Chile and Argentina. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries mouse-like…

Marsh Tapaculo
Scytalopus iraiensis
Vulnerable≈ Not quantified (declining)

The Marsh Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Brazil. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries mouse-like through dense…

Merida Tapaculo
Scytalopus meridanus
Least Concern≈ Not quantified

The Merida Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Venezuela. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries mouse-like through dense…

Mouse-colored Tapaculo
Scytalopus speluncae
Least Concern≈ Not quantified

The Mouse-colored Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Brazil. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries mouse-like through dense…

Moustached Turca
Pteroptochos megapodius
Least Concern≈ Not quantified

The Moustached Turca is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Chile. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries mouse-like through dense…

Nariño Tapaculo
Scytalopus vicinior
Least Concern≈ Not quantified

The Nariño Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Colombia and Ecuador. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries mouse-like…

Neblina Tapaculo
Scytalopus altirostris
Least Concern≈ Not quantified

The Neblina Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Peru. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries mouse-like through dense…

Ocellated Tapaculo
Acropternis orthonyx
Least Concern≈ Not quantified

The Ocellated Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries…

Ochre-flanked Tapaculo
Eugralla paradoxa
Least Concern≈ Not quantified

The Ochre-flanked Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Chile and Argentina. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries mouse-like…

Pale-bellied Tapaculo
Scytalopus griseicollis
Least Concern≈ Not quantified

The Pale-bellied Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Colombia. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries mouse-like through…

Paramillo Tapaculo
Scytalopus canus
Near Threatened≈ Not quantified (declining)

The Paramillo Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Colombia. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries mouse-like through dense…

Paramo Tapaculo
Scytalopus opacus
Least Concern≈ Not quantified

The Paramo Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Colombia and Ecuador. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries mouse-like…

Perija Tapaculo
Scytalopus perijanus
Near Threatened≈ Not quantified (declining)

The Perija Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Colombia and Venezuela. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries mouse-like…

Planalto Tapaculo
Scytalopus pachecoi
Least Concern≈ Not quantified

The Planalto Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Argentina and Brazil. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries mouse-like…

Puna Tapaculo
Scytalopus simonsi
Least Concern≈ Not quantified

The Puna Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Peru and Bolivia. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries mouse-like through…

Rock Tapaculo
Scytalopus petrophilus
Least Concern≈ Not quantified

The Rock Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Brazil. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries mouse-like through dense…

Rufous-vented Tapaculo
Scytalopus femoralis
Least Concern≈ Not quantified

The Rufous-vented Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Peru. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries mouse-like through dense…

Rusty-belted Tapaculo
Liosceles thoracicus
Least Concern≈ Not quantified

The Rusty-belted Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries…

Sandy Gallito
Teledromas fuscus
Least Concern≈ Not quantified

The Sandy Gallito is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Argentina. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries mouse-like through dense…

Santa Marta Tapaculo
Scytalopus sanctaemartae
Near Threatened≈ Not quantified (declining)

The Santa Marta Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Colombia. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries mouse-like through dense…

Silvery-fronted Tapaculo
Scytalopus argentifrons
Least Concern≈ Not quantified

The Silvery-fronted Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Costa Rica and Panama. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries…

Slaty Bristlefront
Merulaxis ater
Least Concern≈ Not quantified

The Slaty Bristlefront is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Brazil. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries mouse-like through dense…

Spillmann's Tapaculo
Scytalopus spillmanni
Least Concern≈ Not quantified

The Spillmann's Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Colombia and Ecuador. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries mouse-like…

Spotted Bamboowren
Psilorhamphus guttatus
Least Concern≈ Not quantified

The Spotted Bamboowren is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Brazil and Argentina. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries mouse-like…

Stiles's Tapaculo
Scytalopus stilesi
Least Concern≈ Not quantified

The Stiles's Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Colombia. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries mouse-like through dense…

Stresemann's Bristlefront
Merulaxis stresemanni
Critically Endangered≈ Not quantified (declining)

The Stresemann's Bristlefront is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Brazil. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries mouse-like through…

Tacarcuna Tapaculo
Scytalopus panamensis
Near Threatened≈ Not quantified (declining)

The Tacarcuna Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Panama and Colombia. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries mouse-like…

Tatama Tapaculo
Scytalopus alvarezlopezi
Near Threatened≈ Not quantified (declining)

The Tatama Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Colombia. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries mouse-like through dense…

Trilling Tapaculo
Scytalopus parvirostris
Least Concern≈ Not quantified

The Trilling Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Peru and Bolivia. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries mouse-like through…

Tschudi's Tapaculo
Scytalopus acutirostris
Least Concern≈ Not quantified

The Tschudi's Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Peru. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries mouse-like through dense…

Unicolored Tapaculo
Scytalopus unicolor
Near Threatened≈ Not quantified (declining)

The Unicolored Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Peru and Colombia. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries mouse-like…

Utcubamba Tapaculo
Scytalopus intermedius
Least Concern≈ Not quantified

The Utcubamba Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Peru. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries mouse-like through dense…

Vilcabamba Tapaculo
Scytalopus urubambae
Least Concern≈ Not quantified

The Vilcabamba Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Peru. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries mouse-like through dense…

White-breasted Tapaculo
Eleoscytalopus indigoticus
Least Concern≈ Not quantified

The White-breasted Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Brazil. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries mouse-like through…

White-browed Tapaculo
Scytalopus superciliaris
Least Concern≈ Not quantified

The White-browed Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Argentina. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries mouse-like through…

White-crowned Tapaculo
Scytalopus atratus
Least Concern≈ Not quantified

The White-crowned Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries…

White-throated Tapaculo
Scelorchilus albicollis
Least Concern≈ Not quantified

The White-throated Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Chile. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries mouse-like through dense…

White-winged Tapaculo
Scytalopus krabbei
Least Concern≈ Not quantified

The White-winged Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Peru. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries mouse-like through dense…

Zimmer's Tapaculo
Scytalopus zimmeri
Least Concern≈ Not quantified

The Zimmer's Tapaculo is a tapaculo of dense undergrowth in Argentina and Bolivia. A small, dark, skulking bird, it scurries mouse-like…