Ceara Gnateater - BirdForum Opus

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Photo by Ciro Albano
Photographed: Guaramiranga - Brazil.

Conopophaga cearae

Distribution

Found locally in northeastern Brazil (Serra de Baturité in Ceará, Pernambuco, and Chapada Diamantina in northern Bahia)

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.
It was formerly included in Rufous Gnateater.

Habitat

Forest understory and bushes.

Behaviour

They build a cup-shaped nest in a tree, made of sticks and moss. 2 buff-coloured eggs, oval or slightly conical in shape, are laid.

The diet includes insects.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2010. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.7). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
3. SACC baseline read March 2010

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