Streak-capped Treehunter - BirdForum Opus

Subspecies virgaticeps
Photo © by Gerald Friesen
Pichincha western Andes slope, Ecuador, May, 2018

Thripadectes virgaticeps

Identification

22–23 cm (8½-9 in)
Nominate Male

• Blackish-brown face

Distribution

Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador.

Taxonomy

Photo © by Pitter
Dapa, Valle de Cauca, Colombia, July 2012

Six subspecies are recognized^[1]:

• T. v. sclateri:

• West Andes of Colombia (Cauca and Nariño)

• T. v. magdalenae:

• North Colombia (subtropical Magdalena Valley in Huila)

• T. v. klagesi:

• Coastal mountains of northern Venezuela (Carabobo to Distrito Federal)

• T. v. tachirensis:

• Andes of western Venezuela (south-western Lara and Táchira)

• T. v. virgaticeps:

• Subtropical north-western Ecuador (south to Pichincha)

• T. v. sumaco:

• Subtropical eastern Ecuador (western Napo)

Habitat

Montane forests including cloud forest, mostly low to the ground. Found in rather high elevation.

Behaviour

Difficult to get to see.

Diet

Their main diet consists of invertebrates.

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. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2018)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Streak-capped Treehunter. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 14 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Streak-capped_Treehunter

External Links

Search for photos of Streak-capped Treehunter in the gallery