Tapaculos (Rhinocryptidae)
Puna Tapaculo (Scytalopus simonsi) - HBW 8, p. 781
French: Mérulaxe de Simons
German: Punatapaculo
Spanish: Churrín de la Puna
Taxonomy: Scytalopus simonsi Chubb, 1917, Choquecamate, 4000 m, Cochabamba, Bolivia.
Formerly treated as a race of S. magellanicus. Probably closest to S. schulenbergi and to undescribed species from SC Peru (Apurímac); also related to S. urubambae. Monotypic.
Distribution: SE Peru (from Vilcanota Mts, in Cuzco) E to C Bolivia (Cochabamba).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird on top of a rock, singing Locality Quime, La Paz Department, Bolivia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 25 August 2005 6 years ago 46 sec 4.1 -
side view in bush singing Locality Abra Malaga, Cusco Department, Peru (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 30 August 2006 40 weeks ago 27 sec 3.7 -
A male singing on a bush Locality Upper Chapare, Chapare, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia (Monotypic species)
Frank Witebsky 2004 4 years ago 15 sec 3.5 -
singing from bush Locality Abra Malaga, Cusco Department, Peru (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 30 August 2006 40 weeks ago 42 sec 3 -
partly obscured side view, singing from bush Locality Abra Malaga, Cusco Department, Peru (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 30 August 2006 40 weeks ago 11 sec 2.7
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A bird perched in polylepis
Locality Abra Malaga, Cusco Department, Peru
Chris and Megan Perkins 3 December 2011 6 weeks ago 3.4 -
A bird on a rock.
Locality Quime, La Paz Department, Bolivia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 25 August 2005 1 year ago 1.5
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Call Locality Peru
Fabrice Schmitt 11 November 2008 2 years ago 3.5
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