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Leptasthenura setaria
Photo by Rafael Fortes
Campos do Jordão-SP, Brazil, August 2010

Identification

17 cm.

  • Black head with white streaks
  • Distinctive crest
  • Chestnut upperparts, duskier on wings and tail
  • Underparts ochraceous
  • White speckled dusky throat

Distribution

South America: found in south-eastern Brazil (Rio de Janeiro to Rio Grande do Sul) to north-eastern Argentina

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Moist montane forests, particularly pines, and plantations.

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. BirdLife International

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