Family Ovenbirds (Furnariidae)
Least Concern
Guttulate Foliage-gleaner (Syndactyla guttulata)
Taxonomy
French: Anabate à gouttelettes German: Zimtbrauen-Blattspäher Spanish: Ticotico goteado
Taxonomy:
Anabazenops guttulatus
P. L. Sclater
, 1858,near Caracas, Venezuela
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Subspecies and Distribution
S. g. guttulata
(P. L. Sclater, 1858) – N Venezuela in C Falcón (Sierra de San Luis) and Coastal Range (Yaracuy, Carabobo E to Distrito Federal, S Aragua).
S. g. pallida
J. T. Zimmer & Phelps, Sr, 1944 – mountains of NE Venezuela (NE Anzoátegui, Sucre, N Monagas).
Descriptive notes
17–19 cm; 34–38 g. Dark and heavily streaked furnariid with laterally compressed wedge-shaped bill (more so than congeners). Has faint supercilium dull ochra... read more
Voice
Song a harsh, accelerating “cjak, cjak, czak czak-zak-zak-zak-za-za-za”, sometimes followed by a... read more
Habitat
Montane evergreen forest and secondary forest; 900–2100 m.
Food and feeding
Arthropods. Forages singly or in pairs, often in mixed-species flocks; occasionally follows army ants. In understorey, rarely to mid-storey... read more
Breeding
Presumably monogamous. A nest thought to have been of this species was in cavity in wall, filled with twigs, with entrance at bottom. No... read more
Movements
Resident.
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. Restricted-range species: present in Caripe-Paria Region EBA and Cordillera de la Costa Central EBA. Uncommon to locally fairly common, and has small... read more
Sister to S. ucalayae and S. striata#R. Identity of population in Sierra de San Luis (Falcón) uncertain, thought to belong with nominate race. Two subspecies recognized.