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Photo by Ciro Albano

Photographed: Araripe National Forest, State of Cearo, North-eastern Brazil

Megaxenops parnaguae

1 Identification
2 Distribution
3 Taxonomy
4 Habitat
5 Behaviour
6 References
7 External Links

[edit] Identification

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

[edit] Distribution

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

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.

[edit] Habitat

Arid caatinga

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.