Tapaculos (Rhinocryptidae)

Rusty-belted Tapaculo (Liosceles thoracicus) - HBW 8, p. 767

French: Tourco ceinturé German: Brustflecktapaculo Spanish: Tapaculo Amazónico

Taxonomy: Pteroptochus thoracicus P. L. Sclater, 1865, Salto do Girão, Rio Madeira, Brazil.
Geographical variation relatively weak; race dugandi considered doubtfully distinct. Birds from SE Peru presumed to belong to nominate thoracicus, but further study required. Three subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

dugandi Meyer de Schauensee, 1950 - SE Colombia and adjacent W Brazil on R Solimões.
erithacus P. L. Sclater, 1890 - from E Ecuador S to E Peru (S to mouth of R Urubamba).
thoracicus (P. L. Sclater, 1865) - W & C Amazonian Brazil (E to R Tapajós), and probably this race in SE Peru.

Least Concern

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Amazonia Lodge, Manu. www.birds-venezuela.de Locality Madre de Dios Department, Peru
Joe Klaiber 46 weeks ago 5
Song of adult Locality Gareno Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador (ssp erithacus)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 21 December 2011 1 year ago 4.7
A singing bird in swampy terra firme dominated by understorey palms. Locality Abunã, Rondônia State, Brazil (ssp thoracicus)
Bradley Davis 5 August 2006 3 years ago 1.5