Tapaculos (Rhinocryptidae)
Mouse-coloured Tapaculo (Scytalopus speluncae) - HBW 8, p. 771
French: Mérulaxe souris
German: Mausgrauer Tapaculo
Spanish: Churrín Plomizo
Taxonomy: Malacorhynchus speluncae Ménétriés, 1835, São João del Rei, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Closely related to S. iraiensis. Some geographical variation in voice suggests that present species may involve more than a single taxon; further research required. Birds from NE Argentina (Misiones) have longest bill and shortest wing, but no other differences sufficient to warrant subspecific separation. Monotypic.
Distribution: E & SE Brazil in interior S Bahía, W Espírito Santo and S Minas Gerais S to Rio Grande do Sul, and NE Argentina (Misiones); sight records from SE Paraguay (Caazapá) require confirmation.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Male singing. Always inside dense cover. Locality Tres Picos State Park, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
Juan Sanabria 1 November 2011 16 weeks ago 24 sec 4.6 -
Male singing from inside a bush Locality Tres Picos State Park, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
Juan Sanabria 1 November 2011 11 weeks ago 1 min 11 sec 4.5 -
A male inside a bush Locality Tres Picos State Park, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
Juan Sanabria 1 November 2011 18 weeks ago 25 sec 4.5 -
A female in a bush. Locality Pico da Caledonia, Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
herve jacob 10 December 2009 2 years ago 36 sec 4
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A male in a dense thicket.
Locality Karadya Bio-Reserve, Misiones Province, Argentina (Monotypic species)
Carmelo López 26 November 2011 22 weeks ago 3 -
Male
Locality Serra dos Orgaos National Park, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
mark sutton 1 April 2007 2 years ago 2.5 -
A male in a dense thicket.
Locality Karadya Bio-Reserve, Misiones Province, Argentina (Monotypic species)
Carmelo López 26 November 2011 22 weeks ago 2.3
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