Beautiful Treerunner

About the Beautiful Treerunner

The beautiful treerunner (Margarornis bellulus) is a Near Threatened species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is endemic to Panama. Some authors have proposed that the beautiful treerunner and the pearled treerunner (M. squamiger) are conspecific or sister species, but these treatments were disproven in a 2011 publication.

The beautiful treerunner is monotypic. The beautiful treerunner is 14 to 15 cm (5.5 to 5.9 in) long and weighs 18 to 19 g (0.63 to 0.67 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a buffish-white supercilium that extends to the nape, a dull reddish brown line behind the eye, dark brown ear coverts with whitish streaks, and a dark brown "moustache" with white spots that become stripes toward the neck. Their crown is olive brown and their upperparts and wing coverts warm olive-brown. Their flight feathers are dark fuscous with tawny-ochraceous edges. Their tail is dull reddish brown; the ends of the tail feathers lack barbs, giving a spiny appearance. Their throat is whitish and the rest of their underparts rufescent brown. Their upper breast has whitish oval spots with... Wikipedia →