Planalto Tapaculo Scytalopus pachecoi LEAST CONCERN It is about 12 cm long and weighs around 15 grams. The upperparts are mainly dark grey, the underparts are paler grey. The flanks are buff with dark bars. Adult males of the Mouse-coloured Tapaculo are uniformly dark grey with no flank barring. The song contains a long series […]
Tag: 2005
Upper Magdalena Tapaculo discovered in 2005
Upper Magdalena Tapaculo Scytalopus rodriguezi ENDANGERED Typical Scytalopus tapaculo, predominantly slate-grey all over with some buff-brown barring on the belly. Similar spp lacks distinguishing plumage features. Best identified on voice. Voice the song is amongst the simplest of any Scytalopus, consisting of a single note repeated at a pace of 4-5 per second usually given […]
Stiles’s Tapaculo discovered in 2005
Stiles’s Tapaculo Scytalopus stilesi LEAST CONCERN Stiles’s Tapaculo’s song is considerably faster and lower-pitched than that of the closely related Ecuadorian Tapaculo S. robbinsi. Furthermore, it is genetically distinct and retains its integrity throughout a 300 km stretch of the Cordillera Central where it occupies montane forest between 1,420 and 2,130 m altitude. In this […]
Naung Mung Scimitar Babbler discovered in 2005
Naung Mung Scimitar-Babbler Jabouilleia naungmungensis NOT YET EVALUATED This is a timaliid assignable to the genus Jabouilleia by combination of the following characters: long, decurved bill; long legs, toes, and nails; relatively short tail and wings; general body proportions; and coloration. Separable from the other member of the genus by the longer bill, tarsus, hallux, […]
Iquitos Gnatcatcher discovered in 2005
Iquitos Gnatcatcher Polioptila clementsi CRITICALLY ENDANGERED A typical gnatcatcher. Largely pale grey with a thin black bill, black eye with a conspicuous broken white eyering, black legs and white corners to the tail. Has a uniformly grey throat and chest, with a white belly, undertail coverts and undertail. Males lack any black on the head, […]
Sulphur breasted Parakeet discovered in 2005
Sulphur-breasted Parakeet Aratinga pintoi NOT YET EVALUATED Sulphur-breasted Parakeet is a fairly common bird of open areas on the northern bank of the lower Amazon river in the state of Pará. Specimens of the new species have been present in collections at least from the beginning of the 20th century. One of the reasons that […]