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Artwork by Gustavo Jimenez
Venezuela
Clytoctantes alixii

Identification

16.5 cm (6.5 inches)
Large, re-curved pale horn bill
Male: slate grey
Female: brown

Distribution

South America: found in northern Colombia and north-western Venezuela (Sierra de Perijá).

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

The Rondonia Bushbird has been split from Recurve-billed Bushbird.

Male
Photo by COLOMBIA Birding
Eastern Andes, Colombia, July 2010
Full size photo of this cropped image is available in the Gallery

Habitat

It inhabits well-developed secondary growth at 150-1750 m. Bamboo and cloud montane forest.

Behaviour

Diet

It is insectivorous. Reported to have followed ant swarms.

Restall has a drawing of a bird plowing up the bark of a dead branch using its bill.

References

  1. 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.
  2. Restall et al, Birds of Northern South America, ISBN 9780300108620
  3. Wikipedia

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