Ruddy Foliage-gleaner (Clibanornis rubiginosus)

Identification & Behavior: ~19.5 cm (7.6 in). The Ruddy Foliage-Gleaner has rufous-brown upperparts and underparts with a rufous tail. The throat, sides of the neck, and nape are rufous framing a gray ear patch. It forages in the understory of the forest regularly on the ground. It is superficially similar to the Brown-rumped Foliage-Gleaner and Chestnut-crowned Foliage-Gleaner but is distinguished by the contrasting rufous neck, sides of the head, and nape that frames a gray ear patch.

Status: The Ruddy Foliage-Gleaner is uncommon and widespread in Amazonia where it is known to range up to 1400 m along the foothill of the Andes. It also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, and Bo.

Name in Spanish: Hoja-Rasquero Rojizo.

Sub-species: Ruddy Foliage-gleaner (Clibanornis rubiginosus nigricauda), (E. Hartert), 1898.  W Colombia (Baudo Mts, and foothills of W Andes) S to W Ecuador (S to El Oro) and narrowly to N Peru (Tumbes).
(Clibanornis rubiginosus brunnescens), (Berlioz), 1927.  foothills from E Ecuador (S from Napo) S to NE Peru (Amazonas).
(Clibanornis rubiginosus watkinsi), (Hellmayr), 1912.  Andean foothills from N Peru (San Martín) S to N Bolivia (La Paz), also extreme SW Brazil (Acre).

Meaning of Name: Clibanornis: Gr. klibanos= oven, baking oven, and ornis, ornithos= bird. rubiginosus: L. rubigo, rubiginis= rust, rubiginosus= rusty, ferruginous.

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