El Oro tapaculo

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Ecuadorian tapaculo [1]
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Rhinocryptidae
Genus: Scytalopus
Species:
S. robbinsi
Binomial name
Scytalopus robbinsi
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The Ecuadorian tapaculo [3] or El Oro tapaculo [4] (Scytalopus robbinsi) is a small passerine bird belonging to the genus Scytalopus , a genus of tapaculos. It is restricted to a small area in south-western Ecuador and was not described until 1997.

It is a small tapaculo, 11 centimetres long. The bill is black and fairly heavy. The plumage is grey with a brown nape and rump and brown barring on the flanks. The tail is blackish. The female's underparts are browner than those of the male. The song is a series of double-notes repeated for about a minute. [5]

The bird inhabits the undergrowth of humid forest between 700 and 1250 metres above sea-level on the Andean slope in El Oro Province, Guayas Province [6] and Cañar Province [7] and undoubtedly in the intervening Azuay Province. [8] Its population is believed to be small and declining. It is threatened by the loss, degradation and fragmentation of its habitat and is classified as an endangered species by the IUCN. Part of its range lies within the protected Buenaventura Reserve.

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References

  1. ↑ Krabbe, N. & Schulenberg, T. S. 1997. Species limits and natural history of Scytalopus tapaculos (Rhinocryptidae), with descriptions of the Ecuadorian taxa, including three new species. Pp. 46-88 in Remsen, J. V. [Ed.] Studies in Neotropical ornithology honoring Ted Parker. Ornithological Monographs 48.
  2. ↑ BirdLife International (2018). "Scytalopus robbinsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018: e.T22733280A130507969. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22733280A130507969.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  3. ↑ Krabbe, N. & Schulenberg, T. S. 1997. Species limits and natural history of Scytalopus tapaculos (Rhinocryptidae), with descriptions of the Ecuadorian taxa, including three new species. Pp. 46-88 in Remsen, J. V. [Ed.] Studies in Neotropical ornithology honoring Ted Parker. Ornithological Monographs 48.
  4. ↑ Ridgely, R.S. & Greenfield, P.J. 2001 The Birds of Ecuador. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY
  5. ↑ "El Oro Tapaculo (Scytalopus robbinsi) :: Xeno-canto".
  6. ↑ "XC192673 el Oro Tapaculo (Scytalopus robbinsi)".
  7. ↑ "XC241054 el Oro Tapaculo (Scytalopus robbinsi)".
  8. ↑ Krabbe, N. & Schulenberg, T. S. 1997. Species limits and natural history of Scytalopus tapaculos (Rhinocryptidae), with descriptions of the Ecuadorian taxa, including three new species. Pp. 46-88 in Remsen, J. V. [Ed.] Studies in Neotropical ornithology honoring Ted Parker. Ornithological Monographs 48.
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