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Warbling Doradito - BirdForum Opus

Photo by Doc Duck
Itapeby, Gualeguaychu, Argentina, August 2014
Pseudocolopteryx flaviventris

Identification

Brown upperside and uniform yellow underside.

Distribution

South America: found in extreme southern Brazil to eastern Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and eastern Argentina.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Ticking Doradito was recently split from this species, based on differences in song.

Habitat

Mostly in wet marshy areas; also pampas.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists almost entirely of insects.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. Alvaro Jaramillo. 2003. Birds of Chile. Princeton Field Guides. ISBN 0-691-11740-3
  4. SACC proposal to recognize Ticking Doradito
  5. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved September 2014)

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