El Oro tapaculo

Scytalopus robbinsi

The El Oro tapaculo (Scytalopus robbinsi) is a bird found in Ecuador. Found in Ecuador. It eats insects and other small invertebrates. The IUCN Red List lists it as Endangered.

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Scientific name	Scytalopus robbinsi
Region	South America
Found in	Ecuador

🏡 Where the El Oro tapaculo lives

Found in Ecuador.

🍽️ What it eats

🐛 Insects & bugs100%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

LCNTVUENCREWEX

EndangeredVery few are left in the wild.

💡 It weighs about 19 grams. It mostly eats insects and other small creatures.

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Recorded by Niels Krabbe (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC192699. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the El Oro tapaculo

Where does the El Oro tapaculo live?

The El Oro tapaculo lives in Ecuador. Found in Ecuador.

What does the El Oro tapaculo eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 100%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the El Oro tapaculo endangered?

Very few are left in the wild. Its IUCN Red List category is Endangered.

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Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.