- Ecuadorian Tapaculo
Taxobox
name = Ecuadorian Tapaculo
status = EN | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo =Passeriformes
familia =Formicariidae
genus = "Scytalopus "
species = "S. robbinsi"
binomial = "Scytalopus robbinsi"
binomial_authority = Krabbe & Schulenberg, 1997The Ecuadorian Tapaculo or El Oro Tapaculo ("Scytalopus robbinsi") is a small
passerine bird belonging to the genus "Scytalopus ", a genus oftapaculo s. It is restricted to a small area of southernEcuador and was not described until 1997.It is a small tapaculo, 11 centimetres long. The bill is black and fairly heavy. The
plumage is grey with a brown nape and rump and brown barring on the flanks. The tail is blackish. The female's underparts are browner than those of the male. The song is a series of double-notes repeated for about a minute.The bird inhabits the undergrowth of humid
forest between 700 and 1250 metres above sea-level inEl Oro Province andAzuay Province . Its population is believed to be small and declining. It is threatened by the loss, degradation and fragmentation of its habitat and is classified as anendangered species by theIUCN . Part of its range lies within the protected Buenaventura Reserve.References
*aut|BirdLife International (2007) [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=31992&m=0 Species factsheet: "Scytalopus robbinsi".] Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 15/8/2007.
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