Birds of Peru

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


Ash-colored Tapaculo
Ash-colored Tapaculo (Myornis senilis)
Rio Blanco Ecological Reserve, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

An especially difficult Tapaculo to see. Note the start/stop call compared to continuous call of Spillmann's Tapaculo. Note long tail for tapaculo. Immature light brown and without bars (Ridgely).


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