Magellanic Tapaculo

Magellanic Tapaculo

Scytalopus magellanicus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
0–10% · With luck
overall probability at Torres del Paine National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

0–10
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
10–20
Apr
<5
May
0–10
Jun
<5
Jul
0–10
Aug
0–10
Sep
0–10
Oct
<5
Nov
0–10
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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 Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park 🇨🇱 Chile
40–50%
2 Nahuel Huapi National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
10–20%
3 Torres del Paine National Park 🇨🇱 Chile
0–10%
4 Tierra del Fuego National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Magellanic Tapaculo in Torres del Paine National Park?

About 5% of visitor-days record a Magellanic Tapaculo sighting in Torres del Paine National Park, based on 66 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Magellanic Tapaculo in Torres del Paine National Park?

April has the highest sighting rate for Magellanic Tapaculo in Torres del Paine National Park in our monthly data.

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