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Taken in Dapa, Valle, Colombia at 1700 meters.

Cranioleuca erythrops

[edit] Identification

Length 15cm (6in.)
Olive-brown body with rich rufous on face, back, and tail. Long ragged tail typical of the spinetails. Eye has light iris. Feet are yellowish-tan.

[edit] Distribution

Central and South America
Central America: Costa Rica and Panama.
South America: Colombia and Ecuador.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

Three subspecies are recognized:

• C.e. rufigenis:

• Highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama

• C.e. griseigularis:

• Western Andes and western slope of central Andes of Colombia

• C.e. erythrops:

• Andes of western Ecuador

[edit] Habitat

Middle elevations of fragmented subtropical rainforest and forest edges in Western Andes at 1700 meters.

[edit] Behaviour

Forages mostly at mid-levels of mature rain forests. Probes moss and leaves, clinging acrobatically to limbs and twigs.

[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.
2. Avibase

• List of references

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