Tapaculos (Rhinocryptidae)
Blackish Tapaculo (Scytalopus latrans) - HBW 8, p. 782
French: Mérulaxe noirâtre
German: Kleiner Einfarbtapaculo
Spanish: Churrín Negruzco
Taxonomy: Scytalopus unicolor latrans Hellmayr, 1924, Cerro Munchique, 7000 feet [c. 2140 m], in coast range west of Popayán, Cauca, Colombia.
Formerly treated as a race of S. unicolor, but differs vocally. Birds from W slope of E Andes in Colombia and from mid-elevations on Amazonian slope from Venezuela to N Peru, although included in nominate race, differ from it somewhat in vocalizations and in plumage coloration, and those from Ecuador, at least, are genetically closer to subcinereus. Race intermedius not known vocally, and affinities to present species are uncertain. Further study required. Three subspecies tentatively recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- latrans Hellmayr, 1924 - W & C Andes and W slope of E Andes in Colombia, and W and inter-Andean Ecuador S to N Cañar (locally spilling over to upper Amazonian slope); also at mid-elevations on Amazonian slope from W Venezuela (Mérida) S to N Peru.
- subcinereus J. T. Zimmer, 1939 - Pacific slope from SW Ecuador (Azuay) S to NW Peru (Cajamarca, where possibly also on E slope of W Andes near Cutervo).
- intermedius J. T. Zimmer, 1939 - C Andes of Peru in S Amazonas.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Adult.
Locality Táchira State, Venezuela (ssp latrans)
Jhonathan Miranda 1 May 2009 1 year ago 3 -
In the undergrowth
Locality Chicaque Natural Park, San Antonio del Tequendama, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 49 weeks ago 2.5
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Song of adult Locality Cabañas San Isidro, Cosanga, Napo Province, Ecuador
(ssp latrans)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 25 October 2011 27 weeks ago 4.5 -
Calls of adult Locality Cabañas San Isidro, Cosanga, Napo Province, Ecuador
(ssp latrans)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 25 October 2011 27 weeks ago 4 -
Song. Locality Cabañas San Isidro, Napo Province, Ecuador
(ssp latrans)
Scott Olmstead 1 August 2007 2 years ago 0
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