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White-breasted Tapaculo
Eleoscytalopus indigoticus (Wied-Neuwied, M, 1831)
Rhinocryptidae — Tapaculos
White-breasted Tapaculo, Eleoscytalopus indigoticus, is a bird of the undergrowth in south-east Brazil, where it is confined to the Atlantic forest. It belongs to the tapaculo family, Rhinocryptidae, and was first described in 1831. Its range runs through Brazilian states from eastern Bahia south to north-eastern Rio Grande do Sul, with records also from western Paraná and eastern Santa Catarina. It uses open forest, forest margins and thick secondary growth, and has been found as high as 1,500 m. It is also known from some protected areas, though many are small.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Rhinocryptidae — Tapaculos
- Breeding range
- South America: se Brazil
