Family Ovenbirds (Furnariidae)
Least Concern
Sharp-billed Treehunter (Heliobletus contaminatus)
Taxonomy
French: Anabate à bec fin German: Ockerbrauen-Baumspäher Spanish: Ticotico estriado
Taxonomy:
Anabates contaminatus
Pelzeln
, 1859,Ipanema, Itararé and Curitiba, Brazil
.Races intergrade in N São Paulo. Considerable confusion in nomenclature#R: specific name superciliosus, used in past and cited as the basis for the genus name, is junior objective synonym of Cranioleuca pyrrhophia; valid specific name contaminatus until recently attributed to Berlepsch (1885) but actually made available by Pelzeln (1859); Pelzeln’s name refers to S race, which therefore becomes nominate form (contrary to traditional usage), with camargoi as a junior subjective synonym; N race thus requires name, for which elizabethae proposed, but incorrectly introduced so valid name currently in preparation#R. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution
H. c. newname
(DescriberName, 2017) – SE Brazil (S Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo S to N São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro).
H. c. contaminatus
(Pelzeln, 1859) – SE Brazil (São Paulo S to Rio Grande do Sul), E Paraguay (Canindeyú, Alto Paraná), NE Argentina (Misiones) and extreme NE Uruguay#R.
Descriptive notes
12–13 cm; 13–15 g. Small furnariid closely resembling a xenops. Nominate race has broad golden-buff supercilium, sharply defined blackish-brown postocular band... read more
Voice
Song a short, harsh, metallic slow trill on one pitch, sometimes interspersed with squeaky notes or... read more
Habitat
Montane and tropical lowland evergreen forest; from near sea-level to 1830 m.
Food and feeding
Arthropods. Forages singly or in pairs, usually in mixed-species flocks, from mid-storey to canopy, often in dense vine tangles;... read more
Breeding
No information.
Movements
Resident.
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened (Least Concern). Uncommon to locally fairly common in much of its range; rare in Paraguay. In Brazil, fairly common in Aparados da Serra and Serra dos... read more
Subspecies name
"H. c. newname" = camargoi ?