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Arremonops rufivirgatus

Photo by Gary Clark
Location: Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, Texas, USA.

Photo by HelenB
Location: Neal's Lodges, Concan, Texas, USA

[edit] Identification

Length 16cm (6.25in), wingspan 23cm (9in). Two prominent brown longitudinal stripes on head, brown eye stripes, upper body dull olive green, buff underparts, legs pinkish-brown. Males and females are the same. Juveniles are more buff with faint streaking on breast and neck.

[edit] Distribution

Southern Texas to Guatemala; northwest Costa Rica.

[edit] Taxonomy

Polytypic. Consists of nine subspecies.

[edit] Habitat

Riparian thickets and thorny scrub.

[edit] Behaviour

Individuals or pairs forage on the ground and low in trees and bushes. Scratches in leaf litter.

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