Large-footed tapaculo

{{Speciesbox | name = Large-footed tapaculo | image = Scytalopus macropus 106475483.jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22703493/93925728 |title=Large-footed Tapaculo ''Scytalopus macropus'' |author=BirdLife International |author-link=BirdLife International |year=2016 |access-date=2 May 2021}}</ref> | genus = Scytalopus | species = macropus | authority = Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1896 | synonyms = | range_map = Scytalopus macropus map.svg }}

The '''large-footed tapaculo''' ('''''Scytalopus macropus''''') is a species of bird in the family Rhinocryptidae. It is endemic to Peru.<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==

Unlike many other tapaculos, the large-footed tapaculo has been treated as a species since it was described. It is monotypic.<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><ref name=IOC11.1/>

==Description==

The large-footed tapaculo is {{convert|14|cm|in|abbr=on}} long. Males weigh {{convert|36|to|43|g|oz|abbr=on}} and two females weighed {{convert|32|and|32.5|g|oz|abbr=on}}. It is the largest species of genus ''Scytalopus''. The adult is uniformly very dark gray. The juvenile is paler than the adult, but still dark gray. The feathers of the juvenile's upperparts are tipped with dark brown and those of the underparts with buff or off-white.<ref name=LFTA-BOW>Krabbe, N. and T. S. Schulenberg (2020). Large-footed Tapaculo (''Scytalopus macropus''), 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.laftap1.01 retrieved May 2, 2021</ref>

==Distribution and habitat==

The large-footed tapaculo is found only in the central Andes of Peru, from southern Amazonas Department south to Junín Department. It primarily inhabits mossy undergrowth along streams in elfin forest and cloud forest. It ranges in elevation from {{convert|2400|to|3500|m|ft|abbr=on}}.<ref name=LFTA-BOW/>

==Behavior==

No information has been published about the large-footed tapaculo's diet or its foraging and breeding behaviors.<ref name=LFTA-BOW/>

The large-footed tapaculo's song is "a monotonous series of...notes...usually terminating with a different (normally higher) note." [https://www.xeno-canto.org/54563].<ref name=LFTA-BOW/>

==Status==

The IUCN has assessed the large-footed tapaculo as being of Least Concern.<ref name=IUCN/> However, it has a restricted range, is very poorly known, and occurs in only one protected area.<ref name=LFTA-BOW/>

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