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Mouse-colored Tapaculo
Scytalopus speluncae (Ménétriés, 1835)
Rhinocryptidae — Tapaculos
Mouse-colored Tapaculo, Scytalopus speluncae, is a tapaculo of humid highland forest in south-eastern Brazil. It breeds in the south-east of the country, with its main range in the Serra do Mar and additional records inland in Paraná and Santa Catarina. The species is tied to the Rhinocryptidae family and was described by Ménétriés in 1835. Its range extends from south-western Espírito Santo to north-eastern Rio Grande do Sul. Until 2005, the Planalto Tapaculo was treated as part of this bird.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Rhinocryptidae — Tapaculos
- Breeding range
- South America: se Brazil
