- Dendroma rufa
Philydor rufum
Identification
Length 18-19cm (7-7½in)
- East slope birds are olive brown above, with rusty forehead and buff eyebrow. Throat is bright ochre-buff, with duller underparts.
- West slope birds similar but darker overall, with rusty primaries and tail and greyish-olive crown.
Distribution
Southeastern South America: Brazil and Paraguay, extreme northeast Argentina. Both slopes of Andes in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.
Also found in Central America in Panama and Costa Rica.
Taxonomy
This is a polytypic species[1] consisting of 7 subspecies.
Subspecies
- D. r. panerythra:
- Highlands of Costa Rica to Eastern Andes of Colombia
- D. r. riveti:
- D. r. columbiana:
- Coastal cordillera of northern Venezuela
- D. r. cuchiverus:
- Subtropical southern Venezuela (Bolívar)
- D. r. boliviana:
- D. r. chapadensis:
- South-western Brazil (Mato Grosso)
- D. r. rufa:
Habitat
Sub canopy and borders of semi-open semi-tropical forest.
Behaviour
Diet
Forages singly or in pairs. Agile and fast-moving forager on tree branches; sometimes hangs upside-down. They hunt for insects such as spiders and their eggs, katydids and crickets.
Breeding
They nest in holes in trees or banks. It is thought this species is monogamous.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Arthur Grosset
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Sept 2017)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 26 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Buff-fronted_Foliage-gleaner
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
