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Alagoas Foliage-gleaner - BirdForum Opus

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Philydor novaesi
Photo by Ciro Albano
Location: Frei Caneca Private Reserve, Jaqueira, State of Pernambuco, Northeast Brazil

Identification

18 cm

  • Reddish-brown plumage
  • Dull yellowy-orange forehead and lores, with black scaling
  • Blackish-brown crown, with dark olive-brown scaling
  • Narrow buffy-cinnamon supercilium and subocular stripe
  • Dull chestnut eye-stripe
  • Blackish stripe from mandible to auriculars, with chestnut spots
  • Greenish-chestnut nape and upperparts
  • Rufous rump and tail
  • Underparts pale rufous with tinged olive on sides of belly and crissum

Sexes are similar.

Distribution

Very restricted range in the state of Alagoas in North East Brazil, best looked for in Murici an IBAMA reserve.

Taxonomy

Monotypic.

Habitat

Interior upland forest at 400-550 m.

Behaviour

Breeding

It builds its nest from clay.

Diet

The diet includes insects, including larvae taken from dead wood, beetles, grasshoppers and ants.

References

BirdLife International

External Links

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