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The nominate subspecies of the pale-browed treehunter is about 22 cm (8.7 in) long; subspecies C. l. holti is about 18 cm (7.1 in) long. Both subspecies have a long dagger-like bill, and male and female plumages are alike. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a buffish white supercilium, blackish and dull buff lores, and a dark brown band behind the eye on an otherwise duff buff face. Their crown is dark brown whose feathers have obvious buff to rusty-buff shafts. They have an indistinct blackish brown collar with buff streaks. Voice: The songs of the two subspecies of pale-browed treehunter differ slightly in pitch. In general, they are "loud, ringing 'reep' notes, variable in number, sometimes interspersed with fast chattering notes". Their call is "a loud 'krip, shrip' ".
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When to see the Pale-browed Treehunter
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 Pale-browed Treehunter
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Pale-browed Treehunter
The pale-browed treehunter is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is endemic to Brazil.
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Easily confused with
Streak-capped SpinetailCranioleuca hellmayriThe streak-capped spinetail is 14 to 15 cm (5.5 to 5.9 in) long and weighs 14 to 16 g (0.49 to 0.56 oz).
Buff-breasted EarthcreeperUpucerthia validirostrisThe buff-breasted earthcreeper is 17 to 21 cm (6.7 to 8.3 in) long and weighs 30 to 45 g (1.1 to 1.6 oz).
Point-tailed PalmcreeperBerlepschia rikeriRidway says of the point-tailed palmcreeper, "This handsome species, of very striking appearance, is entirely different in coloration from any Dendrocolaptine bird with which I am acquainted".
Side by side: Buff-breasted Earthcreeper vs Pale-browed Treehunter · Pale-browed Treehunter vs Point-tailed Palmcreeper · Pale-browed Treehunter vs Streak-capped Spinetail
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