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Photo by arthurgrosset
Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil, August 2004
Hylophilus brunneiceps

Identification

  • Grey underparts
  • Brown crown and nape
  • Bill
  • Dark upper mandible
  • Pinkish-yellow below

Distribution

South America: Eastern Colombia to southern Venezuela and north-western Brazil.

Taxonomy

Monotypic[1]

Habitat

Sandy-soil forest.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes insects.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
  2. Avibase
  3. Arthur Grosset

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