Black-billed Treehunter (Thripadectes melanorhynchus)

Identification & Behavior: ~20.5 cm (8 in). The Black-billed Treehunter is mostly rufous-brown with a rufous tail. The head and mantle are streaked with buff. The bill is black. The throat is tawny streaked with blackish. The underparts are unmarked. It forages in the understory of humid montane forests. It is very similar to the Striped Treehunter but is distinguished by having plain and unmarked underparts and by ranging at lower elevations.

Status: The Black-billed Treehunter is uncommon in montane forests of the east slope of the Andes at elevations ranging between 850-1750 m. It also occurs in Co and Ec.

Name in Spanish: Trepamusgo de Pico Negro.

Sub-species: Black-billed Treehunter (Thripadectes melanorhynchus melanorhynchus), (Tschudi), 1844.

Meaning of Name: Thripadectes: Gr. thrips, thripos= woodworm and dektes, dakno= biter, to bite. melanorhynchus: Gr. melas, melanos= black and rhunkhos= bill.

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