Tapaculos

Moustached Turca

Pteroptochos megapodius

The Moustached Turca (Pteroptochos megapodius) is a 114 g scrub bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Tapaculos

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

114 g

Habitat

Shrubland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

1

Recorded in Chile.

Where to see it: SN Laguna Batuco (Chile); Estero Mantagua (Chile); SN Humedal Río Maipo · Desembocadura (Chile).

Photo: (c) Jorge Herreros de Lartundo, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist