Scytalopus bolivianus
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The Bolivian tapaculo (Scytalopus bolivianus) is a species of bird in the family Rhinocryptidae. It is found in Bolivia and Peru. The Bolivian tapaculo was formerly considered a subspecies of rufous-vented tapaculo (Scytalopus femoralis) but was separated based principally on differences in their vocalizations.
The Bolivian tapaculo is 12 cm (4.7 in) long. Males weigh 17 to 22 g (0.60 to 0.78 oz) and one female weighed 19.5 g (0.69 oz). The male is mostly dark gray with reddish brown flanks, vent, and crissum (the area around the cloaca). It has a variable amount of white on the crown of the head. The female is paler gray washed with brown above with a black-barred brown belly. The juvenile is similar to the female.
The Bolivian tapaculo is found from Puno Province in southeastern Peru into Bolivia as far as Chuquisaca Department. It inhabits dense undergrowth in humid broadleaf forest. Its primary elevational range is 1,000 to 2,300 m (3,300 to 7,500 ft) but it can be found as high as 2,850 m (9,350 ft) in a few locations.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amboró National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Bolivian Tapaculo sighting in Amboró National Park on a given day, based on 200 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 30th most-seen of the 273 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Bolivian Tapaculo in Amboró National Park on a given day, against about 20% in July and August, the lowest months. That is one of Amboró National Park's driest months, with about 90 mm of rain against 340 mm in January. June has too few records to rate.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bolivian Tapaculo sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Amboró National Park, in our data
Amboró National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Bolivian Tapaculo sightings: about 40% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Bolivian Tapaculo that you can see in Amboró National Park (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Purplish Jay (about 80%), Plush-crested Jay (about 80%) and Crested Oropendola (about 80%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Bolivian Tapaculo is recorded against all the birds logged in Amboró National Park (200 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
