Unicolored Tapaculo Scytalopus unicolor Scientific name definitions

There is little information available regarding most species of Syctalopus tapaculos, but the Unicolored Tapaculo stands out as one of the least known members of the genus. The plumage - blackish gray in the male and paler gray, with brown rump and flanks, in the female - is similar to that of several other Scytalopus, and even in the hand, the Unicolored Tapaculo is difficult if not impossible to separate from other species. The distribution, as currently known, is very small, and is restriced to the western slopes of the semi-arid Marañón valley in northern Peru. The song of the Unicolored Tapaculo was discovered only recently, however, and so it is possible that future field work will extend the range of this species. The Unicolored Tapaculo forages solitarily or in pairs low near the ground in shrubby cover, but otherwise its biology is essentially unknown.

E slope of W Andes of Peru in S Cajamarca and La Libertad.