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Rufous-vented Tapaculo
Scytalopus femoralis (Tschudi, 1844)
Rhinocryptidae — Tapaculos
Rufous-vented Tapaculo, Scytalopus femoralis, is a bird of the tapaculo family found in central Peru, where it breeds in the Andes from southern Amazonas to Junín. It lives in the undergrowth of humid forest, both mature and secondary, and is usually encountered above 1,600 m, though it occurs from 1,000 m to 2,050 m and locally higher. It has no subspecies. The species was described by Tschudi in 1844. Its vent area is cinnamon with broad dark bars, which helps distinguish it.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Rhinocryptidae — Tapaculos
- Breeding range
- South America: c Peru
