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T. h. striatidorsus
Photo © by birdboybowley
Tandayapa, Ecuador, 2 February 2020

Thripadectes holostictus

Identification

T. h. moderatus
Photo © by kitefarrago
Madre de Dios, Peru, August 2017

20–21 cm (7¾-8¼ in)

Similar Species

Very similar to Lineated Foliage-gleaner

Distribution

South America: found in Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela Peru and Bolivia

Taxonomy

Subspecies

• T. h. striatidorsus:

• Andes of south-western Colombia (Nariño) and western Ecuador

• T. h. holostictus:

• Andes of Colombia to south-western Venezuela, eastern Ecuador and northern Peru

• T. h. moderatus:

• Subtropical eastern Peru (Junín and Cuzco) and western Bolivia

Habitat

Moist montane evergreen forests, especially where there is bamboo.

Behaviour

Diet

Their main diet consists of invertebrates, with the possible addition of some vertebrates. They usually forage alone, though may, occasionally, join mixed species flocks.

Breeding

They nest in a chamber at the end of a tunnel, up to 1 m long.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Remsen, Jr., J. V. and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Striped Treehunter (Thripadectes holostictus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.strtre1.01

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Striped Treehunter. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 July 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Striped_Treehunter

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