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Alternative name: Chestnut-sided Tapaculo.
- Eleoscytalopus psychopompus
Scytalopus psychopompus
Identification
11.5 cm
- Dark slaty-grey head, upperparts and flanks with bluish tinge
- White loral spot
- Cinnamon-rufous rump and scapulars
- White cheeks, throat and belly
- Pale cinnamon-rufous sides to belly and vent
- Dark slaty thighs tinged bluish
- Blackish bill with whitish base of mandible
- Pinkish legs
Distribution
Coastal lowlands of eastern Brazil (south-eastern Bahia)
Taxonomy
Monotypic
Placed in the new genus Eleoscytalopus by Clements (2010)2 and Gill and Donsker (2010)3.
Habitat
Mature wet lowland forests.
Status
Classified as Critically Endangered in the 2010 IUCN Red List due to habitat loss in its tiny range.[1]
Behaviour
References
- BirdLife International (2011) Species factsheet: Eleoscytalopus psychopompus. Downloaded from www.birdlife.org on 06/02/2011.
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2010. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.7). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Bahia Tapaculo. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 16 January 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Bahia_Tapaculo
External Links
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