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What the Orange-fronted Plushcrown sounds like
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The orange-fronted plushcrown is 11 to 12 cm (4.3 to 4.7 in) long and weighs 10 to 12 g (0.35 to 0.42 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have an orange forehead ("front") and yellow lores, eyering, and supercilium; the last becomes greenish yellow behind the eye. They have a faint greenish olive line through the eye and greenish olive ear coverts. Their crown, back, rump, and tail are greenish olive, with the rump being somewhat paler. The "plush" of the crown is usually not apparent in the field. Voice: The orange-fronted plushcrown's song is a descending series of three to five high thin notes. Its call is a thin "tsweet-tsweet".
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When to see the Orange-fronted Plushcrown
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Orange-fronted Plushcrown
The map shades 5 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Orange-fronted Plushcrown
The orange-fronted plushcrown is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
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Easily confused with
Rusty-winged BarbtailPremnornis guttuligerThe rusty-winged barbtail is 13 to 14.5 cm (5.1 to 5.7 in) long and weighs 13 to 17 g (0.46 to 0.60 oz).
Olive-backed Foliage-gleanerAutomolus infuscatusThe olive-backed foliage-gleaner is 18 to 19 cm (7.1 to 7.5 in) long and weighs about 27 to 40 g (0.95 to 1.4 oz).
Black-billed TreehunterThripadectes melanorhynchusThe black-billed treehunter is 20 to 20.5 cm (7.9 to 8.1 in) long and weighs 39 to 46 g (1.4 to 1.6 oz).
Side by side: Olive-backed Foliage-gleaner vs Orange-fronted Plushcrown · Orange-fronted Plushcrown vs Rusty-winged Barbtail · Black-billed Treehunter vs Orange-fronted Plushcrown
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