- Automolus rufipileatus
Identification
19-20 cm
Mostly rufous with a stronger chestnut on the crown and somewhat darker on parts of the back. Bill and legs are greyish and iris is orange-yellow.
Distribution
South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 2 recognized subspecies[1]:
- A. r. consobrinus:
- A. r. rufipileatus:
- Brazil south of the Amazon (Rio Purús to northern Maranhão)
Habitat
Seems more common in seasonally flooded forest (varzea) than in other moist lowland forests.
Behaviour
Food involved mainly invertebrates but also smaller vertebrates such as tree-frogs. Feeding is low in dense vegetation, and observations indicate that food is most often sought in dead leaves.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Ber van Perlo. 2009. A field guide to the Birds of Brazil. Oxford University Press, New York, NY, USA. ISBN 978-0-19-530155-7
- Remsen, Jr., J. V. (2020). Chestnut-crowned Foliage-gleaner (Automolus rufipileatus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.ccfgle2.01
- Avibase
- Wikipedia
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Chestnut-crowned Foliage-gleaner. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 6 October 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Chestnut-crowned_Foliage-gleaner