About the Para Foliage-gleaner
The Para foliage-gleaner is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is endemic to Brazil.
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The 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). It is a fairly large member of its genus and has a heavy bill. The sexes have the same plumage, and differ very little from the formerly conspecific olive-backed foliage-gleaner. Adults have a mostly blackish brown face with reddish streaks on the ear coverts and grizzled blackish brown and buff lores. Their forehead is blackish brown with wide but inconspicuous rufescent brown streaks that become faint scallops on the grayish brown crown. Voice: The Para foliage-gleaner's song is a "very high, penetrating, sharp 'kreet-kreetkrititit', slightly descending". Its call is a nasal "wheet wheet".
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Where the Para Foliage-gleaner lives
When to see the Para Foliage-gleaner
Peak activity in August · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Brown-rumped Foliage-gleanerAutomolus melanopezusThe 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).
Pernambuco Foliage-gleanerAutomolus lammiThe Pernambuco foliage-gleaner is 19 to 20 cm (7.5 to 7.9 in) long.
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).
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