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Photo by arthurgrosset
Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil, March 2004
Hylophilus amaurocephalus

Identification

12·5–13 cm
It has a rufous crown, bright olive upperparts and buffy-yellow underparts.

Distribution

South America: found in the lowlands of eastern Brazil (Piauí and Ceará to extreme northern São Paulo)

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Caatinga woodland.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of fruit and arthropods.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2014)

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