Rock Tapaculo | Animalz

Rock TapaculoThis tapaculo occurs in the mountains of Minas Gerais in southeastern Brazil. Its 2010 description reports habitat ranging from open rocky shrubland to forest on steep slopes.What does it look like?Adults have barred flanks. The description says the chin, throat, and breast are paler than in the related Scytalopus speluncae, and the belly is paler still.How does it live?This tapaculo occurs in the mountains of Minas Gerais in southeastern Brazil. Its 2010 description reports habitat ranging from open rocky shrubland to forest on steep slopes.The species description reports records from about 900–2,100 m, across open rocky shrub associations on mountain tops and taller forest on steep slopes.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.