Chestnut-crowned Gnateater (Conopophaga castaneiceps) | Photos, Calls and ID

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Chestnut-crowned Gnateater (Conopophaga castaneiceps), photo 7 — Photo: no rights reserved · CC0

Chestnut-crowned Gnateater (Conopophaga castaneiceps), photo 8 — Photo: no rights reserved · CC0

Chestnut-crowned Gnateater (Conopophaga castaneiceps), photo 9 — Photo: no rights reserved · CC0

Chestnut-crowned Gnateater (Conopophaga castaneiceps), photo 10 — Photo: (c) desertnaturalist, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

What the Chestnut-crowned Gnateater sounds like

Sonogram of the Chestnut-crowned Gnateater: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Zamora-Chinchipe: Filo de Chumbiriatza, tepui 4.5 km SW Las Orchideas, above "Cabañas Yankuam", Nangaritza Valley, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Morona-Santiago: w-slope Cord. de Cutucú, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Morona-Santiago: w-slope Cord. de Cutucú, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The chestnut-crowned gnateater is 13 to 14 cm (5.1 to 5.5 in) long. The mean weight of seven specimens was 27.6 g (0.97 oz). The male of the nominate subspecies has brown upper parts; a gray face, throat, and chest; and orange-brown flanks and vent area. The top of the head is orange-red and there is a white tuft behind the eye. C. c. chapmani has a brighter (less brown) crown. C. c. brunneinucha's orange-red is only the forehead; it is darker overall and has a white patch on the belly. C. c. Voice: The chesnut-crowned gnateater's song is "a series of frog-like, slightly disyllabic notes" that accelerate and get louder after the first one or two notes. Its calls include a "harsh 'zhiek!'" and a "lower 'schek'".

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When to see the Chestnut-crowned Gnateater

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Chestnut-crowned Gnateater

Regular range

The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Colombia Ecuador Peru

About the Chestnut-crowned Gnateater

The chestnut-crowned gnateater is a species of bird in the family Conopophagidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

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Easily confused with

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.

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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