White-throated Foliage-gleaner

About the White-throated Foliage-gleaner

The tepui foliage-gleaner (Syndactyla roraimae), also known as the white-throated foliage-gleaner, is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Brazil, Guyana and Venezuela.

The tepui foliage-gleaner was originally described in genus Philydor and then placed in genus Automolus. Publications in 2008 and 2011 showed that it belonged in Syndactyla. The tepui foliage-gleaner has these four subspecies:

S. r. paraquensis (Phelps, WH & Phelps, WH Jr, 1947) S. r. duidae (Chapman, 1939) S. r. roraimae (Hellmayr, 1917) S. r. urutani (Phelps, WH Jr & Dickerman, 1980) The tepui foliage-gleaner is about 18 cm (7.1 in) long and weighs 22 to 32 g (0.78 to 1.1 oz). It is the smallest member of its genus and has the most striking facial pattern. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies S. r. roraimae have a white supercilium that contrasts with their blackish-brown face. Their crown is dark grayish brown, their back rich dark rufescent brown, and their rump and uppertail coverts chestnut-rufous. Their tail is chestnut-rufous. Their wing coverts are mostly rich dark rufescent... Wikipedia →