Blackish Tapaculo
Scytalopus latrans
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyRhinocryptidae (Tapaculos)
- GenusScytalopus (Scytalopus Tapaculos)
- SpeciesScytalopus latrans (Blackish Tapaculo)
Closest Relatives at Puracé National Natural Park
Spillmann's Tapaculo
Scytalopus spillmanni
Páramo Tapaculo
Scytalopus opacus
Long-tailed Tapaculo
Scytalopus micropterus
White-crowned Tapaculo
Scytalopus atratus
Ocellated Tapaculo
Acropternis orthonyx
Rufous-collared Sparrow
Zonotrichia capensis
Green Jay
Cyanocorax yncas
Tropical Kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus
Great Thrush
Turdus fuscater
Blackburnian Warbler
Setophaga fusca
Blue-gray Tanager
Thraupis episcopus
Black-billed Thrush
Turdus ignobilis
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cajas National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 2 | Puracé National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 3 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 4 | Los Nevados National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 5 | Chingaza National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 6 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Blackish Tapaculo in Puracé National Natural Park?
About 14% of visitor-days record a Blackish Tapaculo sighting in Puracé National Natural Park, based on 122 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Blackish Tapaculo in Puracé National Natural Park?
May has the highest sighting rate for Blackish Tapaculo in Puracé National Natural Park in our monthly data.