Uniform Treehunter (Thripadectes ignobilis) | Photos, Calls and ID

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Uniform Treehunter (Thripadectes ignobilis), photo 1 — Photo: Guy Babineau · CC BY 4.0

Uniform Treehunter (Thripadectes ignobilis), photo 2 — Photo: desertnaturalist · CC BY 4.0

Uniform Treehunter (Thripadectes ignobilis), photo 3 — Photo: desertnaturalist · CC BY 4.0

Uniform Treehunter (Thripadectes ignobilis), photo 4 — Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0

Uniform Treehunter (Thripadectes ignobilis), photo 5 — Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0

Uniform Treehunter (Thripadectes ignobilis), photo 6 — Photo: desertnaturalist · CC BY 4.0

Uniform Treehunter (Thripadectes ignobilis), photo 7 — Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0

Uniform Treehunter (Thripadectes ignobilis), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Guy Babineau, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Uniform Treehunter (Thripadectes ignobilis), photo 9 — Photo: (c) desertnaturalist, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Uniform Treehunter (Thripadectes ignobilis), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

What the Uniform Treehunter sounds like

Sonogram of the Uniform Treehunter: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · El Oro: Reserva Buenaventura 9 km WNW Piñas, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The uniform treehunter is 19 to 20 cm (7.5 to 7.9 in) long and weighs between 48 and 51 g (1.7 and 1.8 oz). It is the smallest, darkest, and shortest-billed member of its genus. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a vague narrow supercilium and wide eyering that are dull tawny-rufous, blackish brown lores grizzled with pale buff, blackish ear coverts with narrow ochraceous-buff streaks, and a dark brown malar area with lighter blurry streaks and spots. Their crown is dark brown with vague pale spots on the forehead. Their back and rump are slightly paler and redder than the crown. Voice: The uniform treehunter's song is a rather high-pitched "series of 6-8 sharp 'kik' or 'kyip' notes".

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When to see the Uniform Treehunter

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

Where to see the Uniform Treehunter

Regular range

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Colombia Ecuador

About the Uniform Treehunter

The uniform treehunter is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.

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Easily confused with

Striped TreehunterThripadectes holostictusThe striped treehunter is 20 to 21 cm (7.9 to 8.3 in) long and weighs 38 to 49 g (1.3 to 1.7 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).

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).

Side by side: Streak-capped Treehunter vs Uniform Treehunter · Striped Treehunter vs Uniform Treehunter · Streak-breasted Treehunter vs Uniform Treehunter · Black-billed Treehunter vs Uniform Treehunter · Flammulated Treehunter vs Uniform Treehunter

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