Ticking Doradito - BirdForum Opus

Photo by Julian Tocce
Lago Pellegrini, Río Negro, Patagonia, Argentina, October 2015

Pseudocolopteryx citreola

Identification

Brown upperside and uniform yellow underside.

Distribution

South America: Breeds in central Chile (from Santiago to Valdivia) and western Argentina (Mendoza and Rio Negro); winters to the north as far as Bolivia.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

A split from Warbling Doradito; accepted by SACC, Clements (2010) and Gill and Donsker (2010). The split was based on differences in song; no plumage differences were noted.

Habitat

Swamps, reedbeds, riparian woodland.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists mostly of insects.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2010. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.7). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
3. Alvaro Jaramillo. 2003. Birds of Chile. Princeton Field Guides. ISBN 0-691-11740-3
4. SACC proposal to recognize Ticking Doradito

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