Scytalopus griseicollis
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In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
The pale-bellied tapaculo (Scytalopus griseicollis), also known as the matorral tapaculo or rufous-rumped tapaculo, is a species of bird in the family Rhinocryptidae. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela. The pale-bellied tapaculo has three recognized subspecies, the nominate Scytalopus griseicollis griseicollis, S. griseicollis gilesi, and S. griseicollis morenoi. The last of these was not described until 2015. Pale-bellied tapaculo was formerly considered a subspecies of Magellanic tapaculo (S. magellanicus). The putative Scytalopus infasciatus has been variously proposed as a subspecies of pale-bellied or brown-rumped (S. latebricola) tapaculos, as a synonym for Merida tapaculo (S. meridanus), and as a species in its own right ("Cundinamarca tapaculo"). As of 2021, it is considered "inseparable from the nominate" pale-bellied.
The pale-bellied tapaculo is 10 to 11.5 cm (3.9 to 4.5 in) long. The nominate subspecies weighs 16.6 to 19.3 g (0.59 to 0.68 oz). The nominate adult is mostly gray, lighter on the underside. Its back... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chingaza National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bogota | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
Likely
About 60% of wildlife watchers report a Pale-bellied Tapaculo sighting in Chingaza National Natural Park on a given day, based on 768 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 6th most-seen of the 258 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February, June–July and November–December
In those months about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Pale-bellied Tapaculo in Chingaza National Natural Park on a given day, against about 40% in September, the lowest month.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pale-bellied Tapaculo sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Chingaza National Natural Park, in our data
Chingaza National Natural Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Pale-bellied Tapaculo sightings: about 60% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pale-bellied Tapaculo is recorded against all the birds logged in Chingaza National Natural Park (768 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.
