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Mouse-colored Tapaculo

scytalopus speluncae

Rhinocryptidae

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10 cm. The male is uniformly dark gray all over. <NThe female is brownish above, more buff below, barred and scalloped dusky. Song is a series of "jeck" -notes usually 2 to 30 sec long, but after playback up to 3 min long. Alarm call is "ti-uit". Other calls are a "iht iht" and a "birr<C5>t". ^70, ^71 Forages close to the ground in dense undergrowth. Prefers dense scrub, including bamboo thickets, but is not confined to them. Northeast of S<C4>o Paulo occurs above 800 meters in dense thickets of primary or secondary mountain forest. Frequently in bamboo Chusquea stands but also found above the tree line in dense scrub. South of S<C4>o Paulo occurs at somewhat lower elevations e.g. Fazenda Intervales . Throughout. Serra dos Org<C4>os, Serra Mantiqueira, Serra Bocaina, near<8E>Campos do Jord<C4>o<8E>etc. To 2500 meters. In 1997 a new species, Scytalopus iraiensis, Tall-grass Wetland Tapaculo, Macuquinho-da-varzea, was discovered in wetlands with dense brush and tall-grass meadows of the Rio Irai in the outskirts of Curitiba, Estado Parana, only about 100 km south of our area. The males of this species are similar to the males of Scytalopus speluncae, but have a black back and a grey belly and different vocalization. This species is severely threatened, because all three locations in the vicinity of Curitiba, where it has been found, are subject to habitat destruction ^72 . 9992 Song, Nucleo Sta. Virginia, 10<10>30<10>93. Open scrub, Sunny, 30<91>C: 1067 Song, Nucleo Sta. Virginia, 10<10>25<10>94. Misty, 20<91>C. Scrub. With /Carpornis cucullatus .: 13594 Call. Fazenda Intervales, Barra Grande road. 10<10>25<10>00. Cloudy, 20<91>C. Primary forest. With /Chiroxiphia caudata, Pyrrhura frontalis .: 14053 Song. Serra dos Org<C4>os, 10<10>23<10>99. Recording by Juan Mazar Barnett: 3335 Calls. Serra dos Org<C4>os, 10<10>23<10>99. Recording by Juan Mazar Barnett: 3456 >. Male: 2600 >. Female:

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Description

10 cm. The male is uniformly dark gray all over. <NThe female is brownish above, more buff below, barred and scalloped dusky.

Voice

Song is a series of "jeck" -notes usually 2 to 30 sec long, but after playback up to 3 min long. Alarm call is "ti-uit". Other calls are a "iht iht" and a "birr<C5>t". ^70, ^71

Behavior

Forages close to the ground in dense undergrowth. Prefers dense scrub, including bamboo thickets, but is not confined to them.

Habitat and status

Northeast of S<C4>o Paulo occurs above 800 meters in dense thickets of primary or secondary mountain forest. Frequently in bamboo Chusquea stands but also found above the tree line in dense scrub. South of S<C4>o Paulo occurs at somewhat lower elevations e.g. Fazenda Intervales .

Distribution

Throughout. Serra dos Org<C4>os, Serra Mantiqueira, Serra Bocaina, near<8E>Campos do Jord<C4>o<8E>etc. To 2500 meters.

Additional notes

In 1997 a new species, Scytalopus iraiensis, Tall-grass Wetland Tapaculo, Macuquinho-da-varzea, was discovered in wetlands with dense brush and tall-grass meadows of the Rio Irai in the outskirts of Curitiba, Estado Parana, only about 100 km south of our area. The males of this species are similar to the males of Scytalopus speluncae, but have a black back and a grey belly and different vocalization. This species is severely threatened, because all three locations in the vicinity of Curitiba, where it has been found, are subject to habitat destruction ^72 .

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Release history

This work was published as three separate releases: the Disc 3 release first, the Disc 2 release later, and the Disc 1 release in 2011. Differences between them are historical release differences and are never merged.

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Disc 1 (2011) in this release's bird list (aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1)

The account in the Disc 1 (2011) revision

In the 2011 Disc 1 revision, part of this account was truncated at exactly 512 bytes (a 2011 mastering defect). The earlier releases preserve the complete text.

Truncated sections in the 2011 revision: taxonomy_notes. The complete earlier text is shown beneath each truncated section.

Description Disc 1 (2011)

10 cm. The male is uniformly dark gray all over. <nThe female is brownish above, more buff below, barred and scalloped dusky.

Voice Disc 1 (2011)

Song is a series of "jeck" -notes usually 2 to 30 sec long, but after playback up to 3 min long. Alarm call is "ti-uit". Other calls are a "iht iht" and a "birr<C5>t". ^70, ^71

Behavior Disc 1 (2011)

Forages close to the ground in dense undergrowth. Prefers dense scrub, including bamboo thickets, but is not confined to them.

Habitat and status Disc 1 (2011)

Distribution Disc 1 (2011)

Throughout. Serra dos Org<C4>os, Serra Mantiqueira, Serra Bocaina, near<8E>Campos do Jord<C4>o<8E>etc. To 2500 meters.

Taxonomy notes Disc 1 (2011)

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Complete earlier text — Disc 3 release (earliest) (52 bytes lost in 2011)

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Historical taxonomy

WORLD

scytalopus speluncae

Mouse-colored Tapaculo

Rhinocryptidae

Tapaculos

CLEMENTS

scytalopus speluncae

Mouse-colored Tapaculo

Rhinocryptidae

Tapaculos

AOU_HM

scytalopus speluncae

Mouse-colored Tapaculo

Rhinocryptidae

Tapaculos

Recordings