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Photo © by Ciro Albano
Araripe National Forest, State of Cearo, North-eastern Brazil, December 2005
Megaxenops parnaguae

Identification

15–16 cm
Notice the shape of the bill, with straight upper mandible and upcurved lower mandible. Base of lower mandible is paler than rest of bill.

Distribution

South America: Interior north-eastern and east-central Brazil

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Arid caatinga.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists mostly of various types of insects.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved August 2014)

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