tapacolo

plural tapacolos

1. alternativeAlternative form of tapaculo.

   Birds were more abundant than at Villa Nougués, but the tapacolo was not forthcoming.

   1917, American Museum of Natural History, The American Museum Journal, page 163

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   The Tapacolo frequents hedge-rows, and the bushes which are scattered at a considerable elevation over the sterile hills, where scarcely another bird can exist: hence it plays a conspicuoous part in the ornithology of Chile.

   1839, Charles Darwin, The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle

   The typical slaty finch of Santa Isabel and two species of honey creepers were by far the commonest, followed by a small, slaty tapacolo.

   1916, Bulletin of the Pan American Union - Volume 42, page 83

   The llamas, mice of the genera Nyctomys and Chinchillula, and the tapacolo bird (Scytalopus) are typical residents of the mountain Andean province.

   1965, American Geographical Society of New York, Soviet Geography: Review & Translation

   Tapacolos are stocky birds 4½ to 10 inches ( 11 - 25 cm ) long with short rounded wings and powerful legs and feet.

   1980, The Encyclopedia Americana - Volume 26, page 278