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Alternative name: Pacific Tuftedcheek (johnsoni)

Pseudocolaptes lawrencii

[edit] Identification

20 cm. Brown back,olive brown underparts, spotted breast, black wings with buff wingbars, buff-streaked dark brown cap, dusky eyestripe, richly buff tufted cheeks, buff throat, long bright rufous tail. Sexes similar. Juvenile lacks buff crown streaks, have sootier backs and underparts and orange flanks.

[edit] Distribution

Costa Rica, western Panama, Colombia and Ecuador.

[edit] Taxonomy

Clements accepts two subspecies:

• P. l. lawrencii in Costa Rica and Panama
• P. l. johnsoni in Colombia and Ecuador

Johnsoni is sometimes regarded as full species, Pacific Tuftedcheek.

[edit] Habitat

Wet mountain forests to 1600m.

[edit] Behaviour

It nests in old woodpecker nests and 1 white egg is laid; it is incubated for 29 days.

The diet includes insects, spiders, and small amphibians.

[edit] Vocalisation

Song: chu-chu-chrrr; call: chip

[edit] References

Wikipedia

[edit] External Links