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Latest revision as of 16:06, 6 March 2024

Photo © by Thibaud Aronson
Quebrada Llaca (Llaca Gorge), Ancash, Peru, 22 July 2023
Scytalopus affinis

Identification

10 cm

  • Very light plumage
  • Brown flank barring

Distribution

South America: found in the western Andes of Peru (southern Cajamarca to Ancash)

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Brown-rumped Tapaculo (sensu lato) by some authors[2]

Habitat

High-altitude grassland and rocky areas.

Behaviour

They glean insects by foraging on the ground in rocks and grassy tussocks.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved October 2014)
  4. Wikipedia

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