Family Ovenbirds (Furnariidae)
Least Concern
Rufous-rumped Foliage-gleaner (Philydor erythrocercum)
Taxonomy
French: Anabate à croupion roux German: Rostbürzel-Blattspäher Spanish: Ticotico lomirrufo
Taxonomy:
Anabates erythrocercus
Pelzeln
, 1859,Manaus, Brazil
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Subspecies and Distribution
P. e. erythrocercum
(Pelzeln, 1859) – Rufous-rumped Foliage-gleaner – the Guianas and NE Brazil (E from R Negro, S to R Amazon).
P. e. subfulvum
P. L. Sclater, 1862 – S Colombia (S from W Meta), E Ecuador and N Peru (N of R Amazon, W of R Ucayali).
P. e. suboles
Todd, 1948 – SE Colombia (Amazonas) and NW Brazil (N of R Amazon, E to R Negro).
P. e. lyra
Cherrie, 1916 – Amazonian E Peru (S of R Amazon, E of R Ucayali), Brazil (E, S of R Amazon, to N Maranhão, S to Mato Grosso) and N Bolivia (Pando, N Beni).
P. e. ochrogaster
Hellmayr, 1917 – Ochre-bellied Foliage-gleaner – Andes from C Peru (S from Huánuco) S to NC Bolivia (S to Cochabamba, with sight reports to NW Santa Cruz).
Descriptive notes
14–15 cm; 18–31 g. Rather small, dull Philydor with conspicuously contrasting tail. Nominate race has conspicuous narrow supercilium and eyering pale... read more
Voice
Song a slightly ascending and then descending series of 4–6 high notes, “chu, chee,... read more
Habitat
Tropical lowland evergreen forest, mainly terra firme but locally in várzea;... read more
Food and feeding
Recorded dietary items (race lyra) are spiders, Orthoptera (Acridoidea), Coleoptera (including families Cicindellidae,... read more
Breeding
Breeds during dry season in French Guiana. One nest described, in hole 30 cm deep in old tree stump, nest-chamber with pad of wood fibres;... read more
Movements
Resident.
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. Uncommon to fairly common. Densities estimated at 9–20/km2 in transitional forest in SE Peru and 10–28/km2 at four terra firme... read more
See P. fuscipenne. Distinctive montane race ochrogaster has been treated as a separate species, but differs only in its pale tawny vs off-whitish supercilium, malar and throat area, and (slightly admixed with grey) rest of underparts, with correspondingly slightly warmer lower upperparts and wing-coverts (3); song apparently similar to, if not indistinguishable from, that of nominate (recordings currently lacking). Race lyra varies clinally in plumage coloration from W to E. Five subspecies recognized.