Ruddy Foliage-gleaner (Clibanornis rubiginosus) | Photos, Calls and ID

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Ruddy Foliage-gleaner (Clibanornis rubiginosus), photo 1 — Photo: (c) Ryan F. Mandelbaum, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Ruddy Foliage-gleaner (Clibanornis rubiginosus), photo 2 — Photo: (c) Ryan F. Mandelbaum, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

What the Ruddy Foliage-gleaner sounds like

Sonogram of the Ruddy Foliage-gleaner: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Napo: Napo Galeras, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Zamora-Chinchipe: 3 km E Paquisha, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Napo: 1 km S Puerto Napo, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The ruddy foliage-gleaner is 17 to 21.5 cm (6.7 to 8.5 in) long, and most subspecies weigh between 39 and 52 g (1.4 and 1.8 oz). (Subspecies obscurus weighs 23 to 35 g (0.81 to 1.2 oz).) The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies C. r. rubiginosus have a dark reddish brown face with slightly paler lores, faint brighter markings on the ear coverts, and a ring of bare blue skin around the eye. Their crown is very dark brown with a reddish tone and slightly darker scallop markings. Voice: The ruddy foliage-gleaner's vocalizations vary among the subspecies. In Mexico what is thought to be its song is "a disyllabic, nasal mewing yeh'nk yeh'nk' or yeh-enk' yeh-enk' ". There its calls are "a hard dry chatter and a slowly repeated chak". In northern Central America its call is "a burry, scratchy Churee!-Churee!-Churee!".

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When to see the Ruddy Foliage-gleaner

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

Where to see the Ruddy Foliage-gleaner

Regular range

The map shades 15 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Guatemala Ecuador Colombia Costa Rica Mexico Peru Honduras Panama Brazil Nicaragua El Salvador French Guiana Venezuela Suriname Guyana

About the Ruddy Foliage-gleaner

The ruddy foliage-gleaner is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. Its range is highly disjunct, with populations in Mexico, several Central American countries, and in every mainland South American country except Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

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Easily confused with

Henna-capped Foliage-gleanerClibanornis rectirostrisThe henna-capped foliage-gleaner is 20 to 21 cm (7.9 to 8.3 in) long and weighs 44 to 51 g (1.6 to 1.8 oz).

Santa Marta Foliage-gleanerClibanornis rufipectusThe Santa Marta foliage-gleaner is 17 to 20 cm (6.7 to 7.9 in) long.

Canebrake GroundcreeperClibanornis dendrocolaptoidesThe canebrake groundcreeper is 20 to 22 cm (7.9 to 8.7 in) long and weighs 52 to 54 g (1.8 to 1.9 oz).

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