Mucubaji Lake, Sierra Nevada National Park, Merida State, Venezuela, 2 February 2015
- Ochthoeca superciliosa
Identification
Around 15 cm, a very rufous species with short wings.
- Upperside brown including head
- supercilium bright rufous and broad
- Wings and tail dusky, white edges to tail
- Usually one bright rufous wing bar, may be a second
- Throat greyish olive
- Underside chestnut-rufous
- Central belly and vent white
Similar Species
Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant has whitish supercilium, is larger, and generally less rufous
Distribution
South America: Andes of western Venezuela (Trujillo, Mérida and eastern Táchira)
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
This species was formerly included in Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant.
Habitat
Paramo, as well as at edge of scrub, dwarf forest and open woodland, mostly observed at 2700-4200 m asl.
Behaviour
Feeds mainly on insects and similar invertebrates, most often found on the ground but sometimes also on plants or in the air. These are found by sallying from a perch such as a branch, clump of grass or similar. They usually forage singly or in pairs.
Vocalisation
Songs likely to be given as duets. At dawn, the duet consists of up to 12 repetitions of a 3 component series where each component is further subdivided, these having a chattering quality. During the day, it is a three syllable chatter consisting of Keek elements.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2023. IOC World Bird List (v 13.1)_red. Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.13.1. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
- Farnsworth, A., J. del Hoyo, N. Collar, G. Langham, G. M. Kirwan, and H. F. Greeney (2022). Rufous-browed Chat-Tyrant (Ochthoeca superciliosa), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (B. K. Keeney, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.bnbcht2.01
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Rufous-browed Chat-Tyrant. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 8 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Rufous-browed_Chat-Tyrant
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