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[[Image:d09_0915.jpg|thumb|334px|right|Photo: {{user|Gary+Clark|Gary Clark}} <br/>Location: La Selva (OTS), [[Costa Rica]].]]
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[[Image:d09_0915.jpg|thumb|334px|right|Photo: {{user|Gary+Clark|Gary Clark}} <br/>La Selva (OTS), [[Costa Rica]].]]
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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16.5 cm.  Brown-grey crown, black nape, upperparts and tail are heavily barred with black, tawny and white, white breast and throat heavily spotted with black, cinnamon belly. Young birds have duller upperparts and off-white to buff underparts.
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16.5 cm<br />
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*Brown-grey crown
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*Black nape
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*Upperparts and tail with heavy barring in black, tawny and white
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*White breast and throat, heavy black spots
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*Cinnamon belly<br />
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'''Young birds''' have duller upperparts and off-white to buff underparts.
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
 
[[Mexico]] to northwestern [[Ecuador]], [[Costa Rica]], northern [[Panama]], northern [[Colombia]] adjacent to [[Panama]], and northwestern [[Ecuador]].
 
[[Mexico]] to northwestern [[Ecuador]], [[Costa Rica]], northern [[Panama]], northern [[Colombia]] adjacent to [[Panama]], and northwestern [[Ecuador]].
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==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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There are 8 subspecies.
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====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>====
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There are 7 subspecies.
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*''C. z. zonatus'':
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:*Eastern [[Mexico]] (eastern San Luis Potosí and northern Veracruz to northern Puebla)
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*''C. z. restrictus'':
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:*Southern [[Mexico]] (southern Veracruz and northern Oaxaca) to [[Belize]] and [[Guatemala]]
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*''C. z. vulcanius'':
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:*Southern [[Mexico]] (Chiapas) to central [[Nicaragua]]
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*''C. z. costaricensis'':
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:*[[Caribbean]] slope of [[Costa Rica]] and north-western [[Panama]]
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*''C. z. panamensis'':
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:*Western [[Panama]] (Veraguas)
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*''C. z. curvirostris'':
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:*Northern [[Colombia]] (tropical base of Santa Marta Mountains)
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*''C. z. brevirostris'':
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:*Northern [[Colombia]] to north-western [[Ecuador]]
  
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An eigth subspecies ''imparilis''<sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup> is not recognised by all authorities
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
 
Lowlands and foothills in thinned forest or open woodland, scrub, second growth and around houses.
 
Lowlands and foothills in thinned forest or open woodland, scrub, second growth and around houses.
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==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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It builds a large spherical nest with a wide side entrance, often hidden amidst bromeliads.  3-5 unmarked or lightly brown-spotted white eggs are laid and incubated by the female for about two weeks. After breeding, families sleep together in dormitory nests throughout the year.
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====Breeding====
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It builds a large spherical nest with a wide side entrance, often hidden amidst bromeliads.  The three to five white eggs (either unmarked or with light brown spots) are incubated by the female for about two weeks. After breeding, families sleep together in dormitory nests throughout the year.
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====Diet====
 
The diet includes insects, spiders and invertebrates.
 
The diet includes insects, spiders and invertebrates.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}#Avibase
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#Wikipedia
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Campylorhynchus+zonatus}}
 
{{GSearch|Campylorhynchus+zonatus}}
  
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Campylorhynchus]]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Campylorhynchus]]

Revision as of 17:59, 28 July 2009

Campylorhynchus zonatus
Photo: Gary Clark
La Selva (OTS), Costa Rica.

Identification

16.5 cm

  • Brown-grey crown
  • Black nape
  • Upperparts and tail with heavy barring in black, tawny and white
  • White breast and throat, heavy black spots
  • Cinnamon belly

Young birds have duller upperparts and off-white to buff underparts.

Distribution

Mexico to northwestern Ecuador, Costa Rica, northern Panama, northern Colombia adjacent to Panama, and northwestern Ecuador.

Taxonomy

Subspecies[1]

There are 7 subspecies.

  • C. z. zonatus:
  • Eastern Mexico (eastern San Luis Potosí and northern Veracruz to northern Puebla)
  • C. z. restrictus:
  • C. z. vulcanius:
  • C. z. costaricensis:
  • C. z. panamensis:
  • C. z. curvirostris:
  • Northern Colombia (tropical base of Santa Marta Mountains)
  • C. z. brevirostris:

An eigth subspecies imparilis[2] is not recognised by all authorities

Habitat

Lowlands and foothills in thinned forest or open woodland, scrub, second growth and around houses.

Behaviour

Breeding

It builds a large spherical nest with a wide side entrance, often hidden amidst bromeliads. The three to five white eggs (either unmarked or with light brown spots) are incubated by the female for about two weeks. After breeding, families sleep together in dormitory nests throughout the year.

Diet

The diet includes insects, spiders and invertebrates.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. Avibase
  3. Wikipedia

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External Links

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