Zimmer's tapaculo

Zimmer's tapaculo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Rhinocryptidae
Genus: Scytalopus
Species: S. zimmeri
Binomial name
Scytalopus zimmeri
Bond & Meyer de Schauensee, 1940

The Zimmer's tapaculo (Scytalopus zimmeri) is a species of passerine bird in the Rhinocryptidae family. It is endemic to Bolivia.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and rocky areas.

Its name commemorates American ornithologist John Todd Zimmer.

It is terrestrial and prefers to run rather than fly.

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