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The Peruvian treehunter is 23 to 24 cm (9.1 to 9.4 in) long and weighs 56 to 61 g (2.0 to 2.2 oz). It is a robust furnariid with a heavy bill. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a blackish face with sharp buff streaks. Their lores are blackish speckled buff. Their crown, the sides of their neck, and their upper back are blackish with wide but diffuse buff streaks that disappear by the lower back. Their lower back is rich brown with faint rufous streaks that disappear into the dark rufous rump. Their uppertail coverts are chestnut. Voice: The Peruvian treehunter's song is "a loud rattle, consisting of a rapid series of rising-falling/accelerating-decelerating notes tchu-tchu-tchu-tchu'TCHI'TCHI'TCHI'TCHI'TCHI'TCHI' tchu'tchu-tchu-tchu-tchu. Its call is "a sharp, loud TCHIK".
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When to see the Peruvian Treehunter
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Peruvian Treehunter
The map shades 1 country with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Bolivia.
About the Peruvian Treehunter
The Peruvian treehunter is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Bolivia and Peru. It is also called the rufous-backed treehunter or buff-throated treehunter.
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Easily confused with
Flammulated TreehunterThripadectes flammulatusThe flammulated treehunter is 24 to 25 cm (9.4 to 9.8 in) long and weighs 50 to 62 g (1.8 to 2.2 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).
Streak-breasted TreehunterThripadectes rufobrunneusThe streak-breasted treehunter is 20 to 22 cm (7.9 to 8.7 in) long and weighs 48 to 54 g (1.7 to 1.9 oz).
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