Brown-billed Scythebill (Campylorhamphus pusillus)

Identification & Behavior: ~23 cm (9 in). The Brown-billed Scythebill has rufous upperparts and rufous-brown underparts. The head, neck, and underparts are streaked with buff. The bill is long, brownish, and heavily decurved. It forages in the midstory of humid montane forest. It is very similar to the Red-billed Scythebill but is distinguished by a brownish bill and by ranging at higher elevations on the east slope of the Andes.

Status: The Brown-billed Scythebill is uncommon to rare in montane forests of the northeast slope of the Andes at elevations ranging between 1600-2100 m. It also occurs in Co and Ec.

Name in Spanish: Pico Guadaña de Pico Pardo.

Sub-species: Brown-billed Scythebill (Campylorhamphus pusillus pusillus), (P. L. Sclater), 1860.

Meaning of Name: Campylorhamphus: Gr. Kampulos, kampto= curved, to bend and rhamphos= bill. pusillus: L. pusus= little boy. Pusillus= tiny, very small.

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