- Philydor rufum
Identification
Length 18-19cm (7-7½in)
- East slope birds are olive brown above, with rusty forehead and buff eyebrow. Throat is bright ochre-buff, with duller underparts.
- West slope birds similar but darker overall, with rusty primaries and tail and greyish-olive crown.
Distribution
Southeastern South America: Brazil and Paraguay, extreme northeast Argentina. Both slopes of Andes in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.
Also found in Central America in Panama and Costa Rica.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 7 subspecies[1]:
- P. r. panerythrum:
- Highlands of Costa Rica to Eastern Andes of Colombia
- P. r. riveti:
- P. r. columbianum:
- Coastal cordillera of northern Venezuela
- P. r. cuchiverus:
- Subtropical southern Venezuela (Bolívar)
- P. r. bolivianum:
- P. r. chapadense:
- South-western Brazil (Mato Grosso)
- P. r. rufum:
Habitat
Sub canopy and borders of semi-open semi-tropical forest.
Behaviour
Diet
Forages singly or in pairs. Agile and fast-moving forager on tree branches; sometimes hangs upside-down. They hunt for insects such as spiders and their eggs, katydids and crickets.
Breeding
They nest in holes in trees or banks. It is thought this species is monogamous.
References
- 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/
- Arthur Grosset
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Sept 2017)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 April 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Buff-fronted_Foliage-gleaner
