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Rufous-browed Peppershrike

Cyclarhis gujanensis

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestCup nestSmall · 29 g
Rufous-browed Peppershrike (Cyclarhis gujanensis), photo 1
Photo: Marcelo Schmidt Roberti · CC BY 4.0
Rufous-browed Peppershrike (Cyclarhis gujanensis), photo 2
Photo: André Ribeiro Cardoso · CC BY 4.0
Rufous-browed Peppershrike (Cyclarhis gujanensis), photo 3
Photo: André Ribeiro Cardoso · CC BY 4.0
Rufous-browed Peppershrike (Cyclarhis gujanensis), photo 4
Photo: Pablo H Capovilla · CC BY 4.0
Rufous-browed Peppershrike (Cyclarhis gujanensis), photo 5
Photo: Pablo H Capovilla · CC BY 4.0
Rufous-browed Peppershrike (Cyclarhis gujanensis), photo 6
Photo: Thomaz de Carvalho Callado · CC BY 4.0
Rufous-browed Peppershrike (Cyclarhis gujanensis), photo 7
Photo: Juan Cruzado Cortés · CC BY 4.0
Rufous-browed Peppershrike (Cyclarhis gujanensis), photo 8
Photo: datadan · CC BY 4.0
Rufous-browed Peppershrike (Cyclarhis gujanensis), photo 9
Photo: Arthur Bruck · CC BY 4.0
Rufous-browed Peppershrike (Cyclarhis gujanensis), photo 10
Photo: Eli · CC BY 4.0

What the Rufous-browed Peppershrike sounds like

Sonogram of the Rufous-browed Peppershrike: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by JUAN ANTONIO ALONSO DE JUAN · Song · Vereda La Máquina, Pacho, Cundinamarca, Colombia · CC BY 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Rufous-browed Peppershrike: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Beth Cottam · Song · Albergue Mirador de Quetzales (near Copey), Dota, San José, Costa Rica · CC0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Rufous-browed Peppershrike: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Flávio C.T. Lima · Song · Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil · CC0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The adult rufous-browed peppershrike is approximately 15 cm (5.9 in) long and weighs 28 g (0.99 oz). It is bull-headed with a thick, somewhat shrike-like bill, which typically is blackish below and pinkish-grey above. The head is grey with a strong rufous eyebrow. The crown is often tinged with brown. The upperparts are green, and the yellow throat and breast shade into a white belly.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

When to see the Rufous-browed Peppershrike

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 Rufous-browed Peppershrike

Regular range

The map shades 21 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Brazil Argentina Colombia Mexico Guatemala Costa Rica Venezuela Honduras Ecuador Paraguay Uruguay Peru Panama Belize Trinidad & Tobago El Salvador Nicaragua Bolivia Guyana French Guiana Suriname

About the Rufous-browed Peppershrike

The rufous-browed peppershrike is a passerine bird in the vireo family. It is widespread and often common in woodland, forest edge, and cultivation with some tall trees from Mexico and Trinidad south to Argentina and Uruguay.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Black-billed Peppershrike (Cyclarhis nigrirostris) Black-billed PeppershrikeCyclarhis nigrirostrisOlive coloured overall with grey throat, belly, cheek and forecrown and a rufous stripe above the eye and lore.

Side by side: Black-billed Peppershrike vs Rufous-browed Peppershrike

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