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Diademed Tapaculo Scytalopus schulenbergi Scientific name definitions

Niels Krabbe and Thomas S. Schulenberg
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2003

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Introduction

The Diademed Tapaculo is a recent addition to the world’s avifauna. It was first described from moist montane yungas forest in La Paz Department, Bolivia although now it is known to extend north to southeastern Peru and south to Cochabamba Department in Bolivia. It is a classic Scytalopus tapaculo, a small dark blackish gray bird that creeps around in moist vegetation, and bamboo near the ground. What is most distinctive is the whitish forehead, which extends back above the eyes – this is the diadem. Little is known about its life history, although it overlaps in distribution with other species of Scytalopus both higher up and lower down in elevation. This is not a Scyalopus tapaculo that is found only where Chusquea bamboo is found, although Chusquea is one of its important habitats. The song is loud, and sounds like a purring trill. In the yungas of La Paz, the sound of this tapaculo can be quite frequently heard, so it is at least locally common. The species name honors Tom Schulenberg, one of the organizers of Neotropical Birds, the very project you are now reading!

Subspecies

Monotypic.
Distribution of the Diademed Tapaculo - Range Map
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  • Year-round
  • Migration
  • Breeding
  • Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Diademed Tapaculo

Recommended Citation

Krabbe, N. and T. S. Schulenberg (2020). Diademed Tapaculo (Scytalopus schulenbergi), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.diatap1.01
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