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Photo by Stanley Jones
Buenaventura Reserve, El Oro Province, Ecuador, November 2014
Attila torridus

Identification

20–22 cm

  • Pale ochraceous upperparts
  • Yellow rump
  • Ochraceous-yellow underparts
  • Black greater-coverts and primaries

Sexes similar

Distribution

South America: found in extreme south-western Colombia to western Ecuador and north-western Peru (Tumbes).

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Tropical cloud forest . Observed at heights around 750 m on the western slope of the Andes.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet includes fruit and arthropods, especially spiders.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. BirdLife International

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