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Xiphorhynchus pardalotus

[edit] Identification

21-23cm

• Black, buff streaked crown
• Rufous mantle with tear shaped streaks
• Chestnut rump, wings and tail
• Cinnamon-buff throat
• Olive-brown breast streaked buff
• Dull cinnamon buff belly
• Long straight black bill
  

Sexes similar

[edit] Distribution

South America: found in Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana and Brazil.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies^[1]:

• X. p. caurensis:

• Tepuis of south-eastern Venezuela and adjacent northern Brazil to western Guyana

• X. p. pardalotus:

• North-eastern Amazonia north of Amazon (Guianas and northern Brazil)

[edit] Habitat

Forests and mountain forests.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

The diet includes small insects.

[edit] Breeding

They nest in natural cavity lined with soft bark, or in a hollow stump low above ground. The single egg is incubated by both adults and they both care for and feed the youngster for at least 3 months.

[edit] 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. Avibase
3. Birds Suriname

• List of references

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