- Philydor pyrrhodes
Identification
16.5–17 cm
- Brown back, wings and top of head
- Cinnamon underparts, tail, rump and throat
- Cinnamon stripe over eye
- Long down-curved bill
- Long tail
Sexes similar
Distribution
South America: found from south-eastern Colombia to southern Venezuela, the Guianas, Ecuador, Peru, northern Bolivia and eastern Amazonian Brazil.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Swamps and lowland moist forests to 700m.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes invertebrates and insects.
Breeding
The nest is built in a tree cavity or a burrow in an earth bank. Both sexes incubate the eggs and rear the young.
References
- Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
- Avibase
- Answers.com
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Cinnamon-rumped Foliage-gleaner. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 6 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Cinnamon-rumped_Foliage-gleaner
External Links
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