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Photo by Gambia14
Pipeline Road, Panama

Laniocera rufescens

[edit] Identification

Mostly rufous brown. Breast feathers scaled dusky - more pronounced in juveniles. Wing coverts dusky. Pectoral patch pale yellow in male but often hidden behind wings. Patch usually lacking in females / juvs. 20 cms

[edit] Distribution

Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Habitat

Humid forest and second-growth woodland, where rare to locally uncommon. Recorded upto 1350 metres.

[edit] Behaviour

Usually seen singly, perched at middle levels inside forests, occassionally on the borders. Seems to favour streams or swampy areas.

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