Alternative name: Rufous-browed Tanager
- Hemispingus rufosuperciliaris
Identification
15 cm
- Slaty upperparts
- Pale tawny underparts
- Dark undertail coverts
- Black ear coverts, crown and nape
- Long, tawny supercilium
- Long legs
Distribution
South America: Andes of eastern Peru (Amazonas to La Libertad and Huánuco).
A rare and very local restricted-range species.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Dense undergrowth in moist montanes.
Recorded at 2550 to 2800m.
Behaviour
The diet includes berries and insects.
Usually in pairs, sometimes in groups. Forages alone or in mixed-species flocks, especially in flocks with Citrine Warbler and/or Peruvian Wren. An inconspicious species, mostly in dense understorey on or near the ground.
No information about breeding.
Apparently a resident species.
References
- Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2011. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 16: Tanagers to New World Blackbirds. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553781
- BirdLife International
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Rufous-browed Hemispingus. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 11 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Rufous-browed_Hemispingus
