Tapaculos (Rhinocryptidae)
Stresemann's Bristlefront (Merulaxis stresemanni) - HBW 8, p. 785
French: Mérulaxe de Stresemann
German: Nördlicher Stirnhaubentapaculo
Spanish: Macuquiño de Stresemann
Taxonomy: Merulaxis stresemanni Sick, 1960, near Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
Probably forms a superspecies with M. ater; possibly conspecific, but differs in general size, in proportions of bill and feet, and in vocalizations. Monotypic.
Distribution: E Brazil in coastal Bahia: recorded from Recôncavo (near Salvador), Ilhéus and Una.
- Critically Endangered Enlarge map
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Male and female Locality Balbina Forest, Minas Gerais State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Ciro Albano 16 January 2012 1 year ago 58 sec 4.5 -
A female reacting to tape, uttering the short call heard after 13 seconds Locality Balbina Forest, Minas Gerais State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
herve jacob 15 October 2009 3 years ago 23 sec 3.6
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A male of some of the rarest species on the planet
Locality Bandeira, Balbina Forest, Minas Gerais State, Brazil
Gustav Specht 11 January 2012 10 weeks ago 4 -
A female of Stresemann's Bristlefront
Locality Bandeira, Balbina Forest, Minas Gerais State, Brazil
Gustav Specht 11 January 2012 10 weeks ago 3.8 -
A female (or juvenile male).
Locality Bandeira, Balbina Forest, Minas Gerais State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Ciro Albano 30 October 2008 4 years ago 3.8 -
A male of Stresemann's Bristlefront
Locality Bandeira, Balbina Forest, Minas Gerais State, Brazil
Gustav Specht 11 January 2012 10 weeks ago 3.7
- No sound recordings available yet
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