Birds of Brazil

    PASSERIFORMES: Rhinocryptidae (Tapaculos)  
Genus: Scytalopus (7 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.


Diamantina Tapaculo
Diamantina Tapaculo (Scytalopus diamantinensis) Endangered ENDEMIC
Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Ciro Albano - NE Brazil Birding   © All Rights Reserved.


Boa Nova Tapaculo
Boa Nova Tapaculo (Scytalopus gonzagai) Endangered ENDEMIC
Boa Nova, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Ciro Albano - NE Brazil Birding   © All Rights Reserved.


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Marsh Tapaculo (Scytalopus iraiensis) Vulnerable ENDEMIC
   



Brasilia Tapaculo
Brasilia Tapaculo (Scytalopus novacapitalis) Endangered ENDEMIC
FLONA de Brasília, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Ciro Albano - NE Brazil Birding   © All Rights Reserved.


Planalto Tapaculo
Planalto Tapaculo (Scytalopus pachecoi)
Urupema, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Rodrigo Conte   © All Rights Reserved.

Often found near streams (Conte).

Rock Tapaculo
Rock Tapaculo (Scytalopus petrophilus) ENDEMIC
Serra do Cipó, Minas Gerais, Brazil  
   
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza   © All Rights Reserved.


Mouse-colored Tapaculo
Mouse-colored Tapaculo (Scytalopus speluncae) ENDEMIC
Serra dos Tucanos Lodge, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.



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