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| − | [[Image:Long-billed_Gnatwren.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by <b>Steve G]] | + | [[Image:Long-billed_Gnatwren.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by <b>Steve G <br/>Locality: Nariva rivermouth, eastern Trinidad. ]] |
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | + | 10.9cm long and weigh 10.3g. Long thin bill, short cocked tail, upperparts grey-brown, with rufous on the sides of the head. The throat is white, shading to buff on the rest of the underparts. The tail is black with white tips. | |
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | + | [[Mexico]], [[Peru]], [[Brazil]], and [[Trinidad.]] | |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| − | + | It is the only member of the genus Ramphocaenus (Vieillot, 1819). | |
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Dry forests and woodland | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| − | + | It builds a deep cup nest very low in a small plant or sapling. 2 white eggs are laid and incubated by both parents for 16-17 days to hatching, with a further 11-12 days to fledging. | |
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| + | The diet includes mainly insects, insect eggs and spiders. | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
[[Category:Birds]] | [[Category:Birds]] | ||
Revision as of 14:43, 11 October 2007
- Ramphocaenus melanurus
Identification
10.9cm long and weigh 10.3g. Long thin bill, short cocked tail, upperparts grey-brown, with rufous on the sides of the head. The throat is white, shading to buff on the rest of the underparts. The tail is black with white tips.
Distribution
Mexico, Peru, Brazil, and Trinidad.
Taxonomy
It is the only member of the genus Ramphocaenus (Vieillot, 1819).
Habitat
Dry forests and woodland
Behaviour
It builds a deep cup nest very low in a small plant or sapling. 2 white eggs are laid and incubated by both parents for 16-17 days to hatching, with a further 11-12 days to fledging.
The diet includes mainly insects, insect eggs and spiders.
