El Oro Tapaculo

It is a small tapaculo, 11 centimetres long. The bill is black and fairly heavy. The plumage is grey with a brown nape and rump and brown barring on the flanks. The tail is blackish. The female's underparts are browner than those of the male. The song is a series of double-notes repeated for about a minute.

The El Oro Tapaculo is classified as Endangered (EN), considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

The El Oro Tapaculo or Ecuadorian Tapaculo (Scytalopus robbinsi) is a small passerine bird belonging to the genus Scytalopus, a genus of tapaculos. It is restricted to a small area of southern Ecuador and was not described until 1997. It is a small tapaculo, 11 centimetres long. The bill is black and fairly heavy. The plumage is grey with a brown nape and rump and brown barring on the flanks. The tail is blackish. The female's underparts are browner than those of the male. More

locality of the El Oro Parakeet and the El Oro Tapaculo and is home of species like the Club-winged Manakin (small passerine bird which is a resident breeding species in the cloud forest on the western slopes of the Andes Mountains of Colombia and northwestern Ecuador). The manakins are a family of some sixty small bird species of subtropical and tropical Central and South America. Late arrival to Vilcabamba for a great and relaxed atmosphere. More

1 at the entrance to the El Oro Tapaculo trail at Buen., 5/2. 1 heard two days earlier, Upper Buen. 1 heard at Yan, 28/1. Sickle-winged Guan Chamaepetes goudotii 3 at TR., 1, 4kms South of Valladolid, 1 Perico de Orces trail, Upper Buen. A covey heard c200m along the El Oro Tapaculo trail, Upper Buen. 5/2. CE Groups heard at Angel Paz's property and Sept. Par. More

“Sendero El Oro Tapaculo” or similar, but this is only visible once you are already on the trail.) The first 200m of the trail are also supposed to host a tapaculo territory, but again no joy for us. We did see Scaled Antpitta, Rufous-headed Chachalaca and Song Wren here, and heard Rufous-fronted Wood-Quail. There’s also a trail lower down the main road, opposite/300m above the Jardin de Colibries on the right as you drive up. More