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Brown-rumped Foliage-gleaner

Automolus melanopezus

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestSmall · 31 g
Brown-rumped Foliage-gleaner (Automolus melanopezus), photo 1
Photo: Abby Darrah · CC BY 4.0
Brown-rumped Foliage-gleaner (Automolus melanopezus), photo 2
Photo: (c) Abby Darrah, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

What the Brown-rumped Foliage-gleaner sounds like

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

ID tip

The brown-rumped foliage-gleaner is 16 to 19 cm (6.3 to 7.5 in) long and weighs 27 to 32 g (0.95 to 1.1 oz). It is one of the smaller members of its genus and has a shortish and heavy bill. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a mostly rich dark brown face with a few buff streaks on the ear coverts, grizzled brownish and grayish lores, and an ochraceous malar area. Their crown is rich brown with some faint pale spots on the forehead. Their back and rump are rich brown that blends to chestnut-tinged brown uppertail coverts. Voice: The brown-rumped foliage-gleaner's song is "a fast, rhythmic 'whip, whip, whudidididit-wrrrrrr', or staccato burst of upward-inflected notes, 'whe-de-de-de-de-de-de', slightly descending at end".

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

When to see the Brown-rumped Foliage-gleaner

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Brown-rumped Foliage-gleaner

Regular range

The map shades 4 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Peru Brazil Ecuador Bolivia

About the Brown-rumped Foliage-gleaner

The brown-rumped foliage-gleaner is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

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

Easily confused with

Para Foliage-gleaner (Automolus paraensis) Para Foliage-gleanerAutomolus paraensisThe Para foliage-gleaner is 18 to 19 cm (7.1 to 7.5 in) long and weighs 32 to 41 g (1.1 to 1.4 oz). Pernambuco Foliage-gleaner (Automolus lammi) Pernambuco Foliage-gleanerAutomolus lammiThe Pernambuco foliage-gleaner is 19 to 20 cm (7.5 to 7.9 in) long. Fawn-throated Foliage-gleaner (Automolus cervinigularis) Fawn-throated Foliage-gleanerAutomolus cervinigularisThe fawn-throated foliage-gleaner is 18 to 20 cm (7.1 to 7.9 in) long and weighs 30 to 46 g (1.1 to 1.6 oz).

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