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What the Black-cheeked Gnateater sounds like
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Measuring 11.5 cm (4.5 in), the black-cheeked gnateater is a small round bird with a short tail. It exhibits sexual dimorphism, as the male has distinctive coloured plumage and the female is a more overall brown in color. The male has a black face and cheeks with a contrasting orange crown and white throat. The upperparts are brownish and the underparts pale grey, the belly feathers more white and the flanks tending to buff. The female is more brown above with a white eyebrow and buff patch on the wings. It resembles the rufous gnateater.
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When to see the Black-cheeked Gnateater
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Black-cheeked Gnateater
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Black-cheeked Gnateater
The black-cheeked gnateater is a species of bird in the family Conopophagidae endemic to Brazil. The male is distinguished by its orange crown, black face and white throat, while the female has brown plumage.
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Easily confused with
Chestnut-crowned GnateaterConopophaga castaneicepsThe chestnut-crowned gnateater is 13 to 14 cm (5.1 to 5.5 in) long.
Ceara GnateaterConopophaga cearaeThey are about 11.5 to 14 cm (4.5 to 5.5 in) long and weigh on average 24.5g (0.86 oz).
Chestnut-belted GnateaterConopophaga auritaIt is a small dark bird with a relatively stout bill, brown upperparts and crown (the latter often tinged rufous), a white supercilium, and pinkish-grey legs.
Side by side: Black-cheeked Gnateater vs Rufous Gnateater
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