Brown-rumped Tapaculo

Scytalopus latebricola Bangs, 1899

Brown-rumped Tapaculo, Scytalopus latebricola, is a bird of the Rhinocryptidae family found in northern Colombia, where it breeds in the isolated Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. It was described by Bangs in 1899. This species is confined to Colombia and occurs in dense undergrowth in humid montane forest and secondary forest between 2,000 and 3,660 m. It is a monospecific tapaculo, and the Merida, Caracas and Spillmann’s tapaculos were once treated as part of it. Adults show a tawny brown rump, while juveniles are brown and barred.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Rhinocryptidae — Tapaculos

Breeding range

South America: n Colombia