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Location: Emas NP, Brazil

Myiothlypis leucophrys

Basileuterus leucophrys

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Brazil.

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.
Formerly placed in genus Basileuterus.

[edit] Habitat

Moist or flooded lowland forests, mostly gallery forest.

[edit] Behaviour

Breeding season seems to be September to January. This species builds a globular nest with a side entrance, which is placed on the ground. The eggs are pale beige with brown spotting and banding, with two seemingly a litter.

[edit] Referencwes

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Paper about the nest of White-striped Warbler

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