About the Beautiful Treerunner
The beautiful treerunner is a Near Threatened species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is endemic to Panama.
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The beautiful treerunner is 14 to 15 cm (5.5 to 5.9 in) long and weighs 18 to 19 g (0.63 to 0.67 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a buffish-white supercilium that extends to the nape, a dull reddish brown line behind the eye, dark brown ear coverts with whitish streaks, and a dark brown "moustache" with white spots that become stripes toward the neck. Their crown is olive brown and their upperparts and wing coverts warm olive-brown. Their flight feathers are dark fuscous with tawny-ochraceous edges. Voice: As of September 2023, xeno-canto and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Macaulay Library each had a single recording of a beautiful treerunner call and none of its song.
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Where the Beautiful Treerunner lives
When to see the Beautiful Treerunner
Peak activity in February · a variable species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Star-chested TreerunnerMargarornis stellatusThe star-chested treerunner is 13 to 15 cm (5.1 to 5.9 in) long and weighs 21 to 22 g (0.74 to 0.78 oz).
Ruddy TreerunnerMargarornis rubiginosusThe ruddy treerunner is 15 to 16 cm (5.9 to 6.3 in) long and weighs 17 to 24 g (0.60 to 0.85 oz).
Pearled TreerunnerMargarornis squamigerThe pearled treerunner is 15 to 16 cm (5.9 to 6.3 in) long and weighs 14 to 19 g (0.49 to 0.67 oz).
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