From Opus

Thryothorus coraya

[edit] Identification

14-15cm.

• Rufous brown
• Darker brown back
• Brown-black wings
• Buff-white breast
• Black head, with white flecks
• White throat
• Narrow white upper eye stripe
• White eye ring
• Black and white banded tail
• Black decurved bill
• Black iris
• Grey-black legs

[edit] Distribution

Venezuela, eastern Ecuador, Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, southeast Colombia, and Peru.

[edit] Taxonomy

There are 10 subspecies.

[edit] Habitat

Swamps, rain forests and lowland moist forest.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes insects.

The globe shaped nest is made from dry leaves and has a side entrance. 2 eggs are laid.

[edit] References

Avibirds: The Birds of Suriname

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