Mouse-colored Tapaculo (Scytalopus speluncae)
About the Mouse-colored Tapaculo
The mouse-coloured tapaculo or Serra do Mar tapaculo (Scytalopus speluncae) is a species of bird in the family Rhinocryptidae. It is endemic to humid highland forests in southeastern Brazil, where it ranges from southwestern Espírito Santo to northeastern Rio Grande do Sul. Most of its range is in the Serra do Mar, but it also occurs further inland in Paraná and Santa Catarina. Until 2005, the Planalto tapaculo was included in the mouse-coloured tapaculo. Here we follow SACC, but the taxonomy is extremely complex, and it is possible the correct scientific name of this relatively dark species is S. notorius, in which case the closely related paler species from the Espinhaço Mountains region would be S. speluncae.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 148 recordings for this species: 110 CC BY-NC-SA · 38 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Brazil in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Ampay TapaculoScytalopus whitneyirecording
- Blackish TapaculoScytalopus latransrecording
- Choco TapaculoScytalopus chocoensisrecording
- Chusquea TapaculoScytalopus parkerirecording
- El Oro TapaculoScytalopus robbinsirecording
- Loja TapaculoScytalopus androstictusrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.