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Ocellated Tapaculo
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Ocellated Tapaculo (Acropternis orthonyx)

This Ocellated Tapaculo was one of a pair seen along the Jocotoco Trail at Tapichalaca in southern Ecuador. They were very excitable and this one even landed on the trail right beside me. I have seen this classic Andean bird many times, but never quite like this, unashamedly in the open!
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Habitat
Temperate rainforest
Location
Tapichalaca, Zamora Chinchipe, Ecuador
Date taken
16 February 2010
Scientific name
Acropternis orthonyx
Equipment used
Canon 50D and 100-400 lens
Adalia
Another cracking shot of a beautiful bird with a great name!!

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Central & South America & Mexico
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Sam Woods
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