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Black-cheeked Gnateater

From Opus

Photo by JamfaracoLocation: Lagoa do Peri, Florianopolis-SC, Brazil
Photo by Jamfaraco
Location: Lagoa do Peri, Florianopolis-SC, Brazil
Conopophaga melanops

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[edit] Identification

Male

  • Rufous crown
  • Black mask
  • Brown upperparts
  • Rufous wing-coverts
  • Grey underparts
  • White throat
  • Whitish belly


Female

  • Lacks the mask
  • There is a whitish line running from lores to well behind the eye
  • Rufous underparts except for white throat and whitish belly

[edit] Distribution

Brazil.

[edit] Taxonomy

There are 3 subspecies:

  • C. m. melanops
  • C. m. perspicillata
  • C. m. nigrifrons

[edit] Habitat

Moist lowland forest, dense vegetation.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes insects.

[edit] Vocalisation


Listen in an external program
Recording by Andrew Whitehouse

[edit] References

Arthur Grosset

[edit] External Links

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