Rufous-vented Tapaculo

Rufous-vented TapaculoThe Rufous-vented Tapaculo searches the understory of montane forest on Peru’s eastern Andes, including bamboo. Similar species can be difficult to separate by sight in dim cover, so the account recommends their calls as a safer clue.What does it look like?Adults are dusky gray with rufous flanks and rump. The female is similar but paler, with more rufous on the flanks.How does it live?The Rufous-vented Tapaculo searches the understory of montane forest on Peru’s eastern Andes, including bamboo. Similar species can be difficult to separate by sight in dim cover, so the account recommends their calls as a safer clue.It forages alone or in pairs in the bamboo understory of montane forest. The account notes that similar tapaculos can be hard to identify visually in dim habitat.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.