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Ash-throated Gnateater

Conopophaga peruviana

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestCup nestSmall · 23 g
Ash-throated Gnateater (Conopophaga peruviana), photo 1
Photo: Abby Darrah · CC BY 4.0
Ash-throated Gnateater (Conopophaga peruviana), photo 2
Photo: François-Louis Laporte, comte de Castelnau · Public domain
Ash-throated Gnateater (Conopophaga peruviana), photo 3
Photo: (c) Michael Bakker Paiva, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
Ash-throated Gnateater (Conopophaga peruviana), photo 4
Photo: (c) Abby Darrah, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

What the Ash-throated Gnateater sounds like

Sonogram of the Ash-throated Gnateater: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Orellana: 'Maxus' road km 37 (27 km SSE Pompeya), Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Ash-throated Gnateater: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Pastaza: Churunalpi, 5 km N Canelos, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Ash-throated Gnateater: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Orellana: 'Maxus' road km 37 (27 km SSE Pompeya), Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The ash-throated gnateater is 11 to 12 cm (4.3 to 4.7 in) long and weighs 22 to 26 g (0.78 to 0.92 oz). The male's face, back, and breast are gray, with the back being darker and having a brownish wash. The crown is brownish, the throat white, and there is a white tuft behind the eye. The lower belly is brown. The female's face and breast are rufous and the upper parts are brown. Voice: The ash-throated gnateater's song has been described as "hollow-sounding hwrickik! notes and as a "bisyllabic 'sneezing sound'" . One of its calls is .

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When to see the Ash-throated Gnateater

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Ash-throated Gnateater

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 2 countries with regular records, and 2 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Peru Ecuador

Recorded as a rare visitor in Brazil, Bolivia.

About the Ash-throated Gnateater

The ash-throated gnateater is a species of bird in the family Conopophagidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Hooded Gnateater (Conopophaga roberti) Hooded GnateaterConopophaga robertiThe hooded gnateater is 11 to 14 cm (4.3 to 5.5 in) long. Black-breasted Gnateater (Conopophaga snethlageae) Black-breasted GnateaterConopophaga snethlageaeThe black-breasted gnateater is a species of bird in the family Conopophagidae. Slaty Gnateater (Conopophaga ardesiaca) Slaty GnateaterConopophaga ardesiacaThe slaty gnateater is 12.5 to 14 cm (4.9 to 5.5 in) long, and 57 specimens had a mean weight of 26.3 g (0.93 oz).

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