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Slaty-winged Foliage-gleaner

Neophilydor fuscipenne

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesSmall · 27 g
Slaty-winged Foliage-gleaner (Neophilydor fuscipenne), photo 1
Photo: Bale & Danielsson; Bannwarth, Th.; Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company; Godman, Frederick Du Cane; Hanhart; Horman-Fisher, Maud; Knight, H.; Mintern Bros.; Purkiss, W.; Salvin, Osbert; Saunders, G. S.; Schlereth, M. v.; Sharp, M. A.; Taylor & Francis; Wilson, Edwin · Public domain
Slaty-winged Foliage-gleaner (Neophilydor fuscipenne), photo 2
Photo: (c) Ryan F. Mandelbaum, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

ID tip

The slaty-winged foliage-gleaner is about 17 cm (6.7 in) long and weighs 25 to 28 g (0.88 to 0.99 oz). Male and female plumages are alike. Adults of the nominate subspecies N. f. fuscipenne have a pale rufescent ochre supercilium, a dark brownish band behind the eye, fuscous and buff lores, and dark brownish ear coverts with some rusty inclusions. Their crown is dark brown with faint rufescent streaks and they have an indistinct dark rusty-rufous collar. Their back is rich rufescent brown and their rump and uppertail coverts chestnut-rufous. Their tail is rufous-chestnut. Voice: The slaty-winged foliage-gleaner's song is "a monotonic accelerating trill". Its contact call is "a sharp 'chef' ".

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About the Slaty-winged Foliage-gleaner

The slaty-winged foliage-gleaner is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama.

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Easily confused with

Rufous-rumped Foliage-gleaner (Neophilydor erythrocercum) Rufous-rumped Foliage-gleanerNeophilydor erythrocercumThe rufous-rumped foliage-gleaner is about 14 to 17 cm (5.5 to 6.7 in) long and weighs 18 to 31 g (0.63 to 1.1 oz).

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