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Basileuterus melanogenys

[edit] Identification

13-13.5 cm. Rufous crown, long white supercilia, black cheeks, dull olive upperparts, olive grey breast, yellow-white belly. Sexes similar. Juvenile - browner on upperparts, dull supercilium, greyer breast, 2 cinnamon wingbars.

[edit] Distribution

Central and southern Costa Rica and western Panama.

[edit] Taxonomy

It has been split into 2 species:

• Basileuterus melanogenys
• Basileuterus ignotus

[edit] Habitat

Oak forests with a dense bamboo understory from 2500 m altitude to the timberline, but occasionally occurs as low as 1600m.

[edit] Behaviour

They build a bulky domed nest with a side entrance; 2 white eggs are laid.

The diet includes insects, spiders and other small invertebrates.

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