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Cranioleuca erythrops
Photo by Gary Clark
Location: Monteverde Reserve, Costa Rica.

Identification

Length 15cm (6in.). Olive-brown body with rich rufous on face, back, and tail. Long ragged tail typical of the spinetails. Eye has light iris. Feet are yellowish-tan.

Distribution

Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Panama.

Taxonomy

Three subspecies are recognized:[1]

  • C.e. rufigenis - Highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama
  • C.e. griseigularis - Western Andes and western slope of central Andes of Colombia
  • C.e. erythrops - Andes of western Ecuador

Habitat

Middle elevations of moist montanes.

Behaviour

Forages mostly at mid-levels of mature rain forests. Probes moss and leaves, clinging acrobatically to limbs and twigs.

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.

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