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Micromonacha lanceolata

Photo by steveblain.
Photo taken: near Zamora, Ecuador.

[edit] Identification

1–5.9 in (13–15 cm); 0.67–0.78 oz (19–22 g). Brown upperparts, white nasal tufts and chin feathers, white loral patch (bordered black) extending across forehead. White underparts heavily streaked black, except for central belly; undertail coverts buffy. Bill black and iris brown.

[edit] Distribution

Western Costa Rica, west-central Panama, southwestern Colombia to western Ecuador and northern Bolivia.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Habitat

Humid forest.

[edit] Behaviour

Hunts insects from perches and is known to eat berries, at least seasonally. Nest is placed at end of a 16-in (40-cm) tunnel into a bank. 2 eggs are laid and incubated for 15 days.

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