Planalto Tapaculo Scytalopus pachecoi
Planalto Tapaculo, Urupema, Santa Catarina, Brazil, October 2022 - click for larger image Urupema, Santa Catarina, Brazil
October 2022

The Planalto Tapaculo is distributed in southern Brazil and adjacent areas of Argentina. See the distribution map at xeno-canto. It is found in forest usually near small streams.

Planalto Tapaculo, Urupema, Santa Catarina, Brazil, October 2022 - click for larger image .It was described only recently in 2005 and the specific name honours the well-known, contemporary ornithologist, Fernando Pacheco. For many years it was confused with Mouse-coloured Tapaculo but is differentiated by its black-and-buff flanks and its song.

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