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Photo by Carlos Henrique
Guaraú - Peruíbe - SP - Brazil, September 2008

Myiornis auricularis

[edit] Identification

A tiny bird at 7.5 cm or 3 inches
Notable features are the cinnamon-buff area around the eye, the grey head and neck, black spot around the ear and the underpart streaking and colouring.

[edit] Distribution

South America: found in Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies

Myiornis auricularis has two subspecies^[1]:

• M. a. cinereicollis

• Eastern Brazil

• M. a. auricularis

• South-eastern Paraguay to north-eastern Argentina and south-eastern Brazil

[edit] Habitat

Atlantic rainforest, edges and clearings.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Arthur Grosset

• List of references

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