- Zaratornis stresemanni
Identification
18 cm. Black crown, silver-white face and cheeks, grey-brown throat and upper breast, rest of underparts yellowish-buff, streaked black, except in mid-belly, upperparts striped buff and dusky, dusky wings and tail fringed yellow, red iris. Juvenile paler, with drab breast.
Distribution
Peru.
Taxonomy
Monotypic.
Habitat
Forests in mountain areas.
Behaviour
Its diet primarily includes two genera of mistletoe, for which it is the main seed-dispersal agent.
Nests are built in March; eggs and young have been found in May.
