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Chicaque Natural Reserve, Colombia, July 2008

Atlapetes albofrenatus

[edit] Identification

18 cm. Rufous colored nape and crown. Black forehead, sides of head, neck with a thin white stripe just above the neck (forming the trademark moustache streak). Olive green upper body with a white throat and yellow underparts fading into olive tail parts.

[edit] Distribution

Colombia and Venezuela.

[edit] Taxonomy

Two subspecies recognized:

• A. a. albofrenatus in the eastern Andes of Colombia
• A. a. meridae in the Andes of western Venezuela

[edit] Habitat

Moist montanes.

[edit] Behaviour

Rapid movement from undergrowth, vines and brush to the upper levels of medium growth trees and shrubs in search of grubs and larvae as primary food source.

[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.

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