Automolus ochrolaemus
The Ochre-throated Foliage-gleaner, *Automolus ochrolaemus*, is a robust, medium-sized Neotropical passerine belonging to the Furnariidae family, known for its members' diverse nesting strategies. Measuring approximately 18-20 cm (7-8 inches) in length and weighing 30-50 grams, this species is characterized by its olive-brown upperparts, bright rufous rump and tail, and its most striking feature: a contrasting ochre to buffy-yellow throat, which gives it its common name. Distinctive field mar...
This species primarily inhabits humid tropical and subtropical lowland and foothill evergreen forests, favoring the dense understory and tangled vegetation from sea level up to approximately 1,500 meters (4,900 feet) in elevation. It can also be found in secondary growth and forest edges, as long...
Its diet consists predominantly of arthropods, including a wide variety of insects, spiders, and their larvae, occasionally supplemented by small vertebrates such as lizards or amphibians, and very rarely, seeds or small fruits. It forages by meticulously gleaning and probing dense foliage, bark,...
The Ochre-throated Foliage-gleaner is a diurnal and rather reclusive bird, often observed alone or in pairs, diligently foraging within the dense undergrowth and rarely venturing into the canopy. Its primary foraging strategy involves gleaning arthropods from tangled vines, epiphytes, bark crevic...
The Ochre-throated Foliage-gleaner boasts an extensive neotropical distribution, spanning from southern Mexico through Central America and into northern South America. Its breeding range covers lowland and foothill regions from southeastern Oaxaca and Veracruz in Mexico, south through Belize, Gua...
Least Concern
- The Ochre-throated Foliage-gleaner belongs to the Furnariidae family, often called "ovenbirds" due to some species' elaborate, oven-like mud nests, though this species uses cavities. - Its scientific name, *Automolus ochrolaemus*, literally translates to "solitary mud-maker with an ochre throat...