Scytalopus griseicollis
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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 |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Pale-bellied Tapaculo sighting in Bogota on a given day, based on 126 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 105th most-seen of the 231 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pale-bellied Tapaculo in Bogota on a given day, against under 5% in May to March, the lowest months. That is one of Bogota's wettest months, with about 210 mm of rain against 45 mm in January.
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 Bogota, in our data
Bogota is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Pale-bellied Tapaculo sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Pale-bellied Tapaculo that you can see in Bogota (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are Great Thrush (about 90%), Rufous-collared Sparrow (about 90%) and Southern House Wren (about 70%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pale-bellied Tapaculo is recorded against all the birds logged in Bogota (126 verified sightings), 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.
