- Sclerurus caudacutus
Identification
16–18 cm (6¼ in)
- Reddish-brown face
- Malar area has faint scalloping
- Dark brown crown
Distribution
South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
Clements recognizes these subspecies[1]:
- S. c. caudacutus:
- S. c. insignis:
- S. c. brunneus:
- S. c. pallidus:
- Northern Brazil south of the Amazon (Rio Madeira to Rio Capím)
- S. c. caligineus:
- coastal northeastern Brazil in Alagoas
- S. c. umbretta:
- Coastal eastern Brazil (Bahia to Espírito Santo)
Formerly recognized subspecies olivascens is now considered a synonym of brunneus.
Habitat
Tropical lowland evergreen forests.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists of insects, annelid worms and ants.
Breeding
They construct a shallow cup nest made from woven leaf stalks and placed at the end of a long tunnel, dug by the birds in an earth bank.
References
- Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, M. Smith, and C. L. Wood. 2024. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2024. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2024. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.15.1. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved May 2017)
- Wikipedia
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Black-tailed Leaftosser. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 4 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-tailed_Leaftosser
External Links
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