tapaculo

English

White throated tapaculo

Alternative forms

• tapacolo

Etymology

From Spanish tapaculo.

Noun

tapaculo (plural tapaculos)

1. Any of a family (Rhinocryptidae) of small suboscine passeriform birds found mainly in South America.

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of tapa (“to cover”) +‎ culo (“ass/arse”), possibly as a reinterpretation of an onomatopoeia of its call.

Noun

tapaculo m (plural tapaculos)

1. tapaculo

Further reading

• “tapaculo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014