Automolus lammi
The Pernambuco Foliage-gleaner (Automolus lammi) is a critically endangered passerine bird, a member of the Furnariidae family. A medium-sized foliage-gleaner, it measures approximately 18 cm (7.1 in) in length, characterized by its rich rufous tail that contrasts sharply with an olive-brown back and grayish-olive head. Distinctive field marks include buffy lores, an indistinct buffy supercilium, and a noticeable buffy throat and upper breast that fade into a dull olive-brown belly. There is ...
This species inhabits humid lowland Atlantic Forest remnants, preferring primary or well-regenerated secondary forest, typically near watercourses and often in dense undergrowth from ground level up to 550 meters elevation.
Its diet consists primarily of arthropods, including various insects and spiders, which it gleans and probes from dense foliage and dead leaf litter.
The Pernambuco Foliage-gleaner is a diurnal bird, typically observed foraging alone or in pairs, frequently joining mixed-species flocks in the forest understory and mid-story. Its primary foraging strategy involves gleaning and probing for arthropods among dead leaf litter, epiphytes, bromeliads...
The Pernambuco Foliage-gleaner is an extreme endemic, restricted entirely to the Pernambuco Endemism Centre of the Atlantic Forest in northeastern Brazil. Its entire known population is confined to a few highly fragmented and isolated forest remnants primarily in the states of Pernambuco and Alag...
Critically Endangered
- The Pernambuco Foliage-gleaner was only formally described as a distinct species in 2002, highlighting the ongoing discovery of new species even in fragmented habitats. - It is one of the most critically endangered bird species in Brazil, with an estimated population of fewer than 250 mature in...