Order
Passeriformes
Family
Rhinocryptidae
Genus
Scytalopus
 
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Version 1.0

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SPECIES

Ancash Tapaculo Scytalopus affinis

Thomas S. Schulenberg
Version: 1.0 — Published May 1, 2015

Sounds and Vocal Behavior

Vocalizations

The song of Ancash Tapaculo is a composed of a descending churr note, at 3.3-4 kHz, that is repeated for 30 s or more, at a pace of 2.2-2.6 notes per second (Krabbe and Schulenberg 2003).

For a representative audio recording with sonogram, see audio

A scold call of Ancash Tapaculo is a dry, long churr (0.6-0.8 s in length), given at irregular intervals of 5-20 seconds (Krabbe and Schulenberg 2003).

Audio recordings of vocalizations of Ancash Tapaculo can be heard at Macaulay Library and at xeno-canto.

Nonvocal Sounds

None reported.

Recommended Citation

Schulenberg, T. S. (2015). Ancash Tapaculo (Scytalopus affinis), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.anctap1.01