Ocellated Tapaculo
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Tapaculos

Ocellated Tapaculo

Acropternis orthonyx

LCLeast Concern
Family
Tapaculos (Rhinocryptidae)
Order
Passeriformes

Overview

The ocellated tapaculo (Acropternis orthonyx) is a large bird found in the northern Andes in South America. It is a highly distinctive tapaculo; traditionally united with its closest relatives in the Rhinocryptidae, this family is paraphyletic with the Formicariidae (ground-antbirds) but instead of merging the tapaculos with the ground-antbird family, recent sources tend to split the antpittas from the Formicariidae.

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Range and habitat

Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.