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Pasco, Peru, 24 August 2020
Cercomacroides serva

Identification

13·5–14·5 cm
Male

  • Black to dark grey
  • White interscapular patch
  • Grey-edged flight feathers

Distribution

South America: found from southern Colombia, east of the Andes to north-western Bolivia and south-western Amazonian Brazil

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Subspecies hypomelaena is not recognised by all authorities[2]
Formerly placed in genus Cercomacra.

Habitat

Humid evergreen forest borders.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet is not well known, but appears to consist of a variety of insects and spiders.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved May 2015)

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