macuquinho-perereca

Portuguese

macuquinho-perereca (Eleoscytalopus indigoticus)

Etymology

Literally, “treefrog tapaculo”. Their vocalization is simmilar to the one of a treefrog.

Noun

macuquinho-perereca m (plural macuquinho-pererecas)

1. (Brazil) white-breasted tapaculo (Eleoscytalopus indigoticus)

Usage notes

• The gender of this Portuguese zoonym is always masculine: when the gender of the being itself must be specified, use “macuquinho-perereca macho” for male, and “macuquinho-perereca fêmea” for female. Here, fêmea is treated as an undeclinable noun and don't necessarily need to agree in gender with the referent, but would change to fêmeo if so.

Further reading

• macuquinho-perereca on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt
• “macuquinho-perereca”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025