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Chaetura spinicauda

[edit] Identification

11.5 cm

• Black upperparts
• Whitish band across the rump
• Dark brown underparts
• Paler throat
• Short tail

[edit] Distribution

Central and South America:
Central America: Panama, Trinidad
South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Brazil

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

• C. s. aetherodroma:

• Eastern Panama to southern Ecuador and extreme northern Peru

• C. s. latirostris:

• Southern Venezuela to Brazilian border and Delta Amacuro

• C. s. spinicaudus:

• Eastern Venezuela, the Guianas and northern Brazil (northern Amapá)

• C. s. aethalea:

• Central Brazil south of the Amazon

[edit] Habitat

Forests.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

The diet includes flying insects.

[edit] Breeding

The nest is a half saucer of twigs attached to the inside of a tree hole with saliva.

[edit] 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. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. Avibase
3. Wikipedia

• List of references

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