# Dusky tapaculo

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{{Short description|Species of bird}}
{{Use American English|date=May 2021}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Dusky tapaculo
| image = Scytalopus fuscus 355136174.jpg
| image_caption = Dusky tapaculo, [Olmué](/source/Olmu%C3%A9), [Chile](/source/Chile)
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |year=2019 |title=''Scytalopus fuscus'' |article-number=e.T22729286A152637050 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T22729286A152637050.en}}</ref>
| genus = Scytalopus
| species = fuscus
| authority = [Gould](/source/John_Gould), 1837
| synonyms = 
| range_map = Scytalopus fuscus map.svg
}}

The '''dusky tapaculo''' ('''''Scytalopus fuscus''''') is a species of [bird](/source/bird) in the family [Rhinocryptidae](/source/Rhinocryptidae). It is [endemic](/source/Endemism) to [Chile](/source/Chile).<ref name=IOC11.1>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/ |title=IOC World Bird List (v 11.1) |last1=Gill |first1= F. |last2=Donsker|first2=D.|last3=Rasmussen |first3=P. |date=January 2021 |access-date=January 14, 2021 }}</ref>

==Taxonomy and systematics==

The dusky tapaculo was formerly considered a subspecies of Magellanic tapaculo (''Scytalopus magellanicus''). Following 1997 and 2003 publications, it was raised to species status because of vocal differences and because the two are [sympatric](/source/sympatric) over part of their ranges.<ref name=SACClist>Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 19 January 2021. A classification of the bird species of South America. American Ornithological Society. https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm retrieved January 19, 2021</ref>

==Description==

The dusky tapaculo is {{convert|11|cm|in|abbr=on}} long. It is essentially gray all over, darker above and lighter below. The lower back and rump have a brown wash and the flanks are sometimes pale tawny brown with black bars.<ref name=DUTA-BOW>Krabbe, N. and T. S. Schulenberg (2020). Dusky Tapaculo (''Scytalopus fuscus''), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.dustap1.01 retrieved May 2, 2021</ref>

==Distribution and habitat==

The dusky tapaculo is found only in central Chile. It ranges from southern [Atacama Region](/source/Atacama_Region) south to [Biobío Region](/source/Biob%C3%ADo_Region) at elevations from sea level to {{convert|800|m|ft|abbr=on}}. It inhabits the bottoms of densely vegetated valleys.<ref name=DUTA-BOW/>

==Behavior==
===Feeding===

No information has been published about the dusky tapaculo's diet or foraging behavior.<ref name=DUTA-BOW/>

===Breeding===

Little has been published about the dusky tapaculo's breeding [phenology](/source/phenology). One nest has been described. It was a globe made of root fibers and moss with a horse hair lining, placed at the end of a tunnel {{convert|0.6|m|ft|abbr=on}} long.<ref name=DUTA-BOW/>

===Vocalization===

The dusky tapaculo's song is a repeated short rising trill [https://www.xeno-canto.org/450127].<ref name=DUTA-BOW/>

==Status==

The [IUCN](/source/IUCN) has assessed the dusky tapaculo as being of Least Concern.<ref name=IUCN/> It is locally fairly common and occurs in at least one protected area. However, its habitat "has been largely destroyed and remains strongly fragmented. This species should probably be monitored".<ref name=DUTA-BOW/>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090111012701/http://www.avesdechile.cl/458en.htm Dusky tapaculo at Avesdechile.cl]
*[http://ibc.hbw.com/ibc/phtml/especie.phtml?idEspecie=4615 Dusky tapaculo videos at IBC]

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Category:Birds of Chile
Category:Endemic birds of Chile
Category:Scytalopus
Category:Birds described in 1837
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

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