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Photo by Andy Adcock
La Escalera, Venezuela, January 2016

Alternative name: Tepui Foliage-gleaner

Syndactyla roraimae

Automolus roraimae

Identification

Distribution

South America: found in Venezuela, Brazil and Guyana. .

Taxonomy

This species has been moved from genus Automolus to genus Syndactyla.[1][2][3]

Subpecies

Four subspecies are recognized[1]:

  • S. r. paraquensis:
  • Tepuis of southern Venezuela (Cerro Sipapo [Cerro Paraque], north-western Amazonas)"
  • S. r. duidae:
  • Tepuis of southern Venezuela (Cerros Parú, Yavi, Gimé, Duida, and de la Neblina, Amazonas)
  • S. r. urutani:
  • Tepuis of southern Venezuela (Cirres Jaua and Urutaní, southern Bolívar)
  • S. r. roraimae:
  • Tepuis of southern Venezuela (Gran Sabana area, including Roraima), extreme northern Brazil (Roraima), and western Guyana

Habitat

Moist montanes.

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. 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. SACC proposal to transfer to genus Syndactyla

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