Birds of Ecuador

    PASSERIFORMES: Rhinocryptidae (Tapaculos)  
Genus: Acropternis (1 species, 1 worldwide)


Ocellated Tapaculo
Ocellated Tapaculo (Acropternis orthonyx orthonyx)
Rio Blanco Ecological Reserve, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A large tapaculo, and the only one with any bright colors.


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