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Black-capped Foliage-gleaner - BirdForum Opus

Photo by Aracari
Serra do Mar near Cubatao, Sao Paulo, Brasil, July 2006
Philydor atricapillus

Identification

16–17 cm (6-6¾ in)

  • Characteristic striped head pattern
  • Rufous overall plumage

Distribution

South America: found from eastern Paraguay to south-eastern Brazil (southern Bahia) and north-eastern Argentina

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Tropical lowland evergreen forests,

Behaviour

Follows ant swarms.

Diet

Searches for insects among dead leaves.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2015)
  3. Wikipedia
  4. BF Member observations

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External Links

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