Lineated Foliage-gleaner (Syndactyla subalaris)

Identification & Behavior: ~18 cm (7 in). The Lineated Foliage-Gleaner is overall rufous-brown. It has the head, upperparts, and underparts heavily streaked with buff. It has a contrastingly rufous tail. It has a buffy thin and poorly defined superciliary. It forages in the understory of montane forests. It is similar to the Buff-browed Foliage-Gleaner but is distinguished by having a heavily streaked head, upperparts, and underparts.

Status: The Lineated Foliage-Gleaner is uncommon in montane forests of the east slope of the Andes at elevations ranging between 1500-2100 m. It also occurs in Co and Ec.

Name in Spanish: Limpia-Follaje Lineado.

Sub-species: Lineated Foliage-gleaner (Syndactyla subalaris mentalis), (Taczanowski and Berlepsch), 1885.

Meaning of Name: Syndactyla: Gr. sun= together and daktulos= toe. subalaris: L. sub= underneath and ala= armpit, wing. Subalaris= under the arms.

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