- Dendrocincla homochroa
Identification
20 cm. It is almost entirely rufous, with a paler throat and grey line from the bill to the eye. The bill is longish and straight.
Distribution
Mexico to northern Colombia and extreme northern Venezuela.
Taxonomy
Four subspecies are recognized:
- D. h. homochroa
- D. h. acedesta
- D. h. ruficeps
- D. h. meridionalis
Habitat
Humid forest, semi-open woodland and clearings.
Behaviour
Its diet includes spiders and insects. It will follow columns of army ants.
It builds a leaf-lined nest in a hollow palm tree stump, and lays 2-3 white eggs. Adult birds also sleep alone in tree crevices.
