Magdalena Tapaculo Scytalopus rodriguezi

This tapaculo is a Colombian endemic with two widely separated populations in the eastern Andes. Adult is gray with rusty barring on lower underparts and rump. Young birds are washed and scaled with brown. Very similar to Spillmann’s Tapaculo and Long-tailed Tapaculo, and ID should be based on voice. Song is a seemingly endless series of soft chirps that can continue for a minute or more. Inhabits cloud forest understory and usually quite hard to see well.