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Photo by Luis R
La Rioja Wetlands, San Martin, Peru, March 2018
Agelasticus xanthophthalmus

Identification

20·5 cm (8 in)
Whitish eyes
Male

Distribution

South America: found locally in marshes of eastern Ecuador and eastern Peru.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].
It has been placed in Chrysomus or in Agelasticus.

Habitat

Swamps. Particularly edges of well vegetated oxbow lakes.

Behaviour

Diet

Their main diet consists of insects and seeds.

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. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Apr 2018)

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