Philydor pyrrhodes
The Cinnamon-rumped Foliage-gleaner (Philydor pyrrhodes) is a charismatic, medium-sized passerine bird, typically measuring 15-16 cm in length and weighing 20-24 grams. Its most striking feature, lending it its common name, is the bright rufous-cinnamon rump and tail, sharply contrasting with its otherwise olive-brown upperparts and dull yellowish underparts. A prominent tawny or rufous supercilium adds to its distinctive appearance, making it identifiable even in the dense Amazonian understo...
This species primarily inhabits humid tropical lowland evergreen forests, including both seasonally flooded várzea and terra firme forests, typically at elevations up to 700 meters.
Its diet consists almost exclusively of arthropods, including insects and their larvae, which it gleans from foliage, bark, and vine tangles.
The Cinnamon-rumped Foliage-gleaner is a diurnal, highly active insectivore, renowned for its acrobatic foraging style. It constantly moves through the forest understory and mid-story, actively gleaning arthropods from the undersides of leaves, twigs, vine tangles, and bark, often hanging upside ...
The Cinnamon-rumped Foliage-gleaner is endemic to the Amazon Basin, with a widespread but generally patchy distribution across western and central Amazonia. Its primary breeding range encompasses southeastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, northern Bolivia, western and central Brazil, a...
Least Concern
- The Cinnamon-rumped Foliage-gleaner's common name perfectly highlights its most distinctive field mark: the brilliant rufous-cinnamon rump and tail. - Despite belonging to the Furnariidae (Ovenbird) family, which is famous for building elaborate mud or stick nests, this species is believed to n...