Star-chested Treerunner

Margarornis stellatus

Least ConcernRareInvertebratesForestSmall · 21 g

About the Star-chested Treerunner

The star-chested treerunner or fulvous-dotted treerunner is a Near Threatened species of bird in the family Furnariidae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.

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The star-chested treerunner is 13 to 15 cm (5.1 to 5.9 in) long and weighs 21 to 22 g (0.74 to 0.78 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a wide but indistinct dull rufescent brownish supercilium, dull reddish brown ear coverts, and a more rufescent moustacial area. Their crown is dark reddish brown and their upperparts slightly paler. Their wing coverts are reddish brown, their primary coverts dark fuscous, and their flight feathers dark fuscous with dark rufescent edges. Their tail is dark reddish brown; the ends of the tail feathers lack barbs, giving a spiny appearance. Voice: Though both xeno-canto and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Macaulay Library have several recordings of star-chested treerunner vocalizations, the species' song has not been described in words.

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Where it lives

Regular range

When to see it

Peak activity in November · a resident species across most of its range

Easily confused with

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