The rufous-vented tapaculo (''Scytalopus femoralis'') is a species of

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in the family Rhinocryptidae. It is

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Taxonomy and systematics

The rufous-vented tapaculo has no subspecies. However, what are now the

Santa Marta tapaculo The Santa Marta tapaculo (''Scytalopus sanctaemartae'') is a species of bird in the family Rhinocryptidae. It is endemic to the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta of Colombia.Krabbe, N. and T. S. Schulenberg (2020). Santa Marta Tapaculo (''Scytalopu ...

(''Scytalopus sanctaemartae''), long-tailed tapaculo (''S. micropterus''), white-crowned tapaculo (''S. atratus''), and Bolivian tapaculo (''S. bolivianus'') were formerly treated as subspecies of it.Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 19 January 2021. A classification of the bird species of South America. American Ornithological Society. http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm retrieved January 19, 2021Krabbe, N. and T. S. Schulenberg (2020). Rufous-vented Tapaculo (''Scytalopus femoralis''), 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.ruvtap1.01 retrieved April 28, 2021

Description

The rufous-vented tapaculo is long. Males weigh and females . Adults have a dark brown head and back with a dark brown wash and the rump is dark reddish brown. The throat, breast, and belly are a paler gray; flanks and vent area are cinnamon with broad dark bars. The juvenile is brown above with faint bars and yellow buff with dark bars below.

Distribution and habitat

The rufous-vented tapaculo is found in the central

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of Peru from southern Amazonas south to Junín. There it inhabits the undergrowth of both

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humid forest. It ranges between elevations, but is usually found above and in a few locations as high as .

Behavior

No information has been published about the rufous-vented tapaculo's feeding or breeding phenologies. Its song is a single descending note repeated for several minute

Status

The

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has assessed the rufous-vented tapaculo as being of Least Concern. The species has a very large range, and though the population number has not been determined, it is believed to be fairly large and stable.

References

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