Unicolored tapaculo

Unicolored tapaculo[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Rhinocryptidae
Genus: Scytalopus
Species: S. unicolor
Binomial name
Scytalopus unicolor
Salvin, 1895

The unicolored tapaculo (Scytalopus unicolor) is a species of bird in the Rhinocryptidae family. It is found in Peru. The blackish tapaculo, S. latrans, is now considered a separate species. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.

References

  1. Gill, F., Wright, M. & Donsker, D. (2009). IOC World Bird Names (version 2.2). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/ Accessed 30 August 2009
  2. BirdLife International (2012). "Scytalopus unicolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.


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