Buff-browed Foliage-gleaner (Syndactyla rufosuperciliata)

Identification & Behavior: ~18 cm (7 in). The Buff-browed Foliage-Gleaner has rufous-brown upperparts and a contrastingly rufous tail. The sides of the head and underparts are heavily streaked with buff. It has distinctive long and rufous superciliary from the base of the bill. It forages in the understory of montane forests. It is similar to the Lineated Foliage-Gleaner but is distinguished by having a long rufous supercilium and unmarked upperparts.

Status: The Buff-browed Foliage-Gleaner is uncommon in montane forests of the east slope of the Andes at elevations ranging between 700-3300 m. It also occurs in Ec, Br, and Bo.

Name in Spanish: Limpia-Follaje de Ceja Anteada.

Sub-species: Buff-browed Foliage-gleaner (Syndactyla rufosuperciliata cabanisi), (Taczanowski), 1875.

Meaning of Name: Syndactyla: Gr. sun= together and daktulos= toe. rufosuperciliata: L. rufus= rufous and supercilium, superciliatus = eyebrow, superciliated.

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