Tapaculo de Brasília

Scytalopus novacapitalis

Petit oiseau gris, généralement diaboliquement difficile à voir dans les forêts-galeries marécageuses avec des fougères. Rondouillard, avec une queue courte ; noter les barres cannelle et noires sur le ventre. Comme de nombreux tapaculos, le chant est une répétition longue et monotone, dans ce cas d'une simple note "ewk".

Identification

The Brasilia tapaculo is 11 cm (4.3 in) long. One male weighed 19.2 g (0.68 oz) and two unsexed specimens weighed 15.6 and 18.6 g (0.55 and 0.66 oz). The adult is blue-gray above and whitish to pale gray below. The lower back and rump are reddish brown and the vent is rufous with gray barring. The juvenile has not been described.

Taxonomie

The Brasilia tapaculo is most closely related to the Planalto tapaculo (Scytalopus pachecoi). Those two species, rock tapaculo (S. petrophilus), and Diamantina tapaculo (S. diamantinensis) form a clade. It was originally thought to be closely related to the white-breasted tapaculo (Eleoscytalopus indigoticus).

Nom scientifique
Scytalopus novacapitalis
Autorité
Sick, 1958
Ordre
Passériformes
Famille
Rhinocryptidés
Genre
Scytalopus

Répartition et habitat

The Brasilia tapaculo is found in disjunct areas in eastern Goiás, the Distrito Federal, and western Minas Gerais. It inhabits gallery forest, primarily permanently flooded areas with Blechnum ferns and Euterpe palms. It has a fairly narrow elevational range of 800 to 1,000 m (2,600 to 3,300 ft).

Migration
Resident species

Comportement

The Brasilia tapaculo forages on the ground for insects, spiders, and centipedes. <p>The only information on the Brasilia tapaculo's breeding phenology is that a specimen collected in July had active gonads. <p>The Brazilia tapaculo's song is an "ewk" note repeated for up to a minute [1]. Its alarm call is a series of sharp "che-te-te" notes. Another call is a fast series of "chip" notes that increase in volume.

Conservation

Tendance de la population
declining

Photos

Distribution

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