Endemic to the Central Andes of Colombia, this tapaculo inhabits mountainous subtropical forests between 1400-2100m. Can be seen at Otun-Quimbaya Wildlife Sanctuary, Los Yarumos Ecopark in Manizales, La Romera park in Medellin (municipality of Sabaneta) & Chestnut-capped Piha Reserve.
Image taken at Los Yarumos ecopark in Manizales.
Cuervo, Cadena, Krabbe & Renjifo, 2005: NOTE(NEW: Scytalopus stilesi is a newly described species: Cuervo et al., 2005 (SACC 193).)
German
Stilestapaculo
French
Mérulaxe de Stiles
Chinese
白喉扇尾窜鸟
Japanese
スタイルズオタテドリ
Russian
Медельинский тапакуло
Spanish
Churrín de Stiles
Portuguese
tapaculo-dos-andes-centrais
Bird Data App text
Found around 1200-2400m in a few locations in the western Andes of Colombia, but common in those locations. For me this species sounds a lot like the other Colombian endemic on the other side of the Cauca Valley, the [Tatama Tapaculo], and I wonder if they are the same species.
Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
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Antarctica
AO
Atlantic Ocean
AU
Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
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Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
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Indian Ocean
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Latin America (Middle and South America)
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Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
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North America (includes the Caribbean)
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Northern oceans
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Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)