Birds of Bolivia

    PASSERIFORMES: Rhinocryptidae (Tapaculos)  
Genus: Scytalopus (6 species, 49 worldwide)

Genus Scytalopus, Tapaculos, are small black or grey insect-eating birds found in thick brush in the forest understory, and very rarely seen. Most tapaculos in this genus are so similar that they can only be identified by voice, usually a long repeating call.


Bolivian Tapaculo
Bolivian Tapaculo (Scytalopus bolivianus)
Refugio los Volcanes, Bolivia  
   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


Trilling Tapaculo
Trilling Tapaculo (Scytalopus parvirostris)
Siberia, Bolivia  
   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


Diademed Tapaculo
Diademed Tapaculo (Scytalopus schulenbergi)
Abra Malaga, Cuzco, Peru  
   
Photograph by Jon Irvine   © All Rights Reserved.


Puna Tapaculo
Puna Tapaculo (Scytalopus simonsi)
La Cumbre, Bolivia  
   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


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White-browed Tapaculo (Scytalopus superciliaris)
   



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Zimmer's Tapaculo (Scytalopus zimmeri)
   




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