Henna-hooded Foliage-gleaner

Clibanornis erythrocephalus

Near Threatened · IUCN Red List

NTNear ThreatenedInvertebratesWoodlandCavity nestSmall · 46 g

What the Henna-hooded Foliage-gleaner sounds like

Sonogram of the Henna-hooded 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 · Loja: 'Reserva Jorupe' ca. 4 km E Macará, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Henna-hooded 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 · Loja: Tambo Negro 10 km E Macará, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Henna-hooded 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 · Loja: Tambo Negro 10 km E Macará, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The henna-hooded foliage-gleaner is about 21 cm (8.3 in) long and weighs about 48 g (1.7 oz). It is a large, boldly-patterned foliage-gleaner with a thick, slightly decurved, bill. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a unique henna (orange-rufous) head, neck, wings, and tail. Their back is brownish olive. Their underparts are mostly pale brownish gray with a rufous crissum. Their iris is variable from yellow to gray-brown, their maxilla gray or blackish gray, their mandible whitish or horn with a dusky end, and their legs and feet olive or gray. Voice: The henna-hooded foliage-gleaner's song is far-carrying, "a persistent, staccato churring, 'kree-kruh-kruh-kruh-kruh-kruh-kruh-kurr' with odd, mechanical-sounding quality". It also has a distinctive call, "a short, sharp, high note".

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When to see the Henna-hooded Foliage-gleaner

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

Where to see the Henna-hooded Foliage-gleaner

Regular range

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Henna-hooded Foliage-gleaner

The henna-hooded foliage-gleaner is a Near Threatened species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Ecuador and Peru.

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