Rose-breasted Chat - BirdForum Opus

Male
Photo © by Lcverissimo
National Forest of Carajás, Parauapebas, Pará, Brazil, November, 2018

Granatellus pelzelni

Identification

12–12·5 cm (4¾-5 in)
Male

• Black head
• White supercilium, behind eye
• Bluish-grey upperparts and upper wing
• White throat
• Red underparts
• Long black tail

Distribution

Female
Photo © by Lcverissimo
National Forest of Carajás, Parauapebas, Pará, Brazil, November, 2018

South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, Bolivia and Brazil

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies^[1]:

• G. p. pelzelni:

• Tropical south-eastern Venezuela to Guyana, Suriname, north-western Brazil and northern Bolivia

• G. p. paraensis:

• Tropical northern Brazil (eastern Pará)

Habitat

Tropical rainforests and forest edges. Also drier deciduous forests and secondary growth.

Behaviour

Diet

It is thought their diet consists almost entirely of insects and invertebrates. They feed high in the canopy.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved March 2019)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Rose-breasted Chat. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 3 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Rose-breasted_Chat

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