Adult © Thibaud Aronson
Adult © Daniel Branch
Adult © Peter Kaestner
Juvenile © Nick Athanas

Junin Tapaculo Scytalopus gettyae

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Identification

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Poorly known Peruvian endemic found only in high Andean cloud forest northeast of the city of Huancayo. It was described to science in 2013. Adult male is plain gray, lacking the rufous barring on the lower underparts shown by Rufous-vented Tapaculo and Trilling Tapaculo. Female plumage not yet known with certainty. Younger birds are heavily marked with bars or scales. Best identified by range and voice. Typical song is a lengthy series that starts out with simple notes and gradually transitions into sputtering bursts.

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