From Opus

Henicorhina negreti

[edit] Identification

Upperparts brown, throat and sides of head white striped black with white supercilium, grey breast, brown flanks, and central belly barred with black.

Juveniles much darker than adults.

[edit] Similar species

Most similar to Gray-breasted Wood-Wren but differs in having shorter tail, longer legs, and in the barred belly, and most importantly, its song is different.

[edit] Distribution

Colombia (the Munchique massif of the Western Andes).

[edit] Taxomomy

This monotypic species was described in 2003

[edit] Habitat

High elevation elfin/cloud forest at higher elevation than Gray-breasted Wood-Wren which is found in full size cloud forest as well as drier forest both east and west of this species.

[edit] Behaviour

Prefers dense forest floor with moss and epiphytes. The birds are found in family flocks and are territorial.

Food is exclusively insects and other arthropods.

[edit] References

1. Clements, James F. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019
2. The description of this species by Salaman et al.

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