|
This article is incomplete. This article is missing one or more sections. You can help the BirdForum Opus by expanding it. |
|
- Synallaxis brachyura
Identification
15 cm. Dark grey-brown becoming dark grey on the head. The crown and shoulder patches are rich rufous. It has a long, pointed wispy tail. Sexes are similar, but young birds are duller and browner with a yellowish chin.
Distribution
Northern Honduras to western Ecuador and east-central Brazil.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Lowlands and up to 1500 m altitude in a range of scrubby habitats, including road and river edges, and overgrown pasture.
Behaviour
The diet includes beetles, caterpillars and other prey which are foraged in deep, tangled thickets.
It builds a bulky spherical stick nest, with a long tubular entrance, in a shrub or vine covered tree. 2-3 greenish white eggs are laid.
