Henna-hooded Foliage-gleaner - BirdForum Opus

Photo © by Thibaud Aronson
Alto Salas, Lambayeque, Peru, 2 February 2023

Clibanornis erythrocephalus

Identification

22 cm (8¾ in)

• Orange-rufous face and crown
• Whitish underparts

Distribution

Ecuador and Peru

Taxonomy

Placed in genus Hylocryptus by Gill and Donsker.

Subspecies

• C. e. erythrocephalus:

• South West Ecuador (Loja) and north-western Peru (south to Lambayeque)

• C. e. palamblae:

• West Andes of Peru (Piura)

Habitat

Tropical deciduous forests, with thick understorey and leaflitter, often in ravines.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists mostly of invertebrates and isopods. They forage on, or close to the ground, alone, in pairs and mixed species flocks.

Breeding

Their nest is at the end of a 1m long tunnel. They are thought to be monogamous.

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. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2015. IOC World Bird Names (version 5.3). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2018)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Henna-hooded Foliage-gleaner. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 3 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Henna-hooded_Foliage-gleaner

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