Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | tapacul de Nariño |
Dutch | Nariñotapaculo |
English | Nariño Tapaculo |
English (United States) | Nariño Tapaculo |
French | Mérulaxe du Narino |
French (France) | Mérulaxe du Narino |
German | Nariñotapaculo |
Japanese | マユナシオタテドリ |
Norwegian | nariñotapakulo |
Polish | krytonosek ponury |
Russian | Колумбийский тапакуло |
Slovak | tapakulo bridlicový |
Spanish | Churrín de Nariño |
Spanish (Ecuador) | Tapaculo de Nariño |
Spanish (Spain) | Churrín de Nariño |
Swedish | nariñotapakul |
Turkish | Narinyo Tapakolası |
Ukrainian | Наріно |
Nariño Tapaculo Scytalopus vicinior
Version: 1.0 — Published January 24, 2014
Distribution
Distribution in the Americas
Nariño Tapaculo is resident on the west slope of the Andes of Colombia and Ecuador. The distribution extends north to Risaralda and central Chocó in Colombia (Krabbe and Schulenberg 1997, eBird data), and south in Ecuador to southwestern Cotopaxi (Krabbe and Schulenberg 1997, Ridgely and Greenfield 2001a).
The elevational range of Nariño Tapaculo is from 1250 m to 2000 m (locally, in Carchi, Ecuador, to 2350 m) (Krabbe and Schulenberg 1997).
Distribution outside the Americas
Endemic to the Americas.
Habitat
Nariño Tapaculo occurs in the dense understory of humid montane forest and, less commonly, at forest edges (Krabbe and Schulenberg 1997, Ridgely and Greenfield 2001a).
Historical changes
None reported.
Fossil history
None reported.