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Photo by Dave B Smith
Rahamut Tr., Trinidad, July 2010
Pseudocolopteryx sclateri

Identification

11 cm (4¼ in); shaggy crest
Male

  • Light olive upperparts
  • Yellow underparts

Distribution

Trinidad
South America: found in southern Venezuela, Guyana, Bolivia, southern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and north-eastern Argentina.

Taxonomy

Female
Photo by Dave B Smith
Rahamut Tr., Trinidad, July 2010

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Swamps, wet agricultural fields; tall grasses near water.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of insects and spiders.

Breeding

A nest seen in the south of their range was a deep cup constructed from grass.

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. Avibase
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Oct 2017)
  4. Wikipedia

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