Double-banded Graytail

About the Double-banded Graytail

The double-banded greytail (Xenerpestes minlosi) is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama. The double-banded greytail has two subspecies, the nominate X. m. minlosi (Berlepsch, 1886) and X. m. umbraticus (Wetmore, 1951). It shares genus Xenerpestes with the equatorial greytail (X. singularis) and together they are sister species to the orange-fronted plushcrown (Metopothrix aurantiaca).

The double-banded greytail is 11 to 12 cm (4.3 to 4.7 in) long. It is a tiny furnariid that resembles a warbler. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have olive-buff lores, a creamy white supercilium, and a dark gray line behind the eye on an otherwise grayish face. Their crown is blackish and their back, rump, and tail are dark gray. Their wings are dark gray with yellowish at the bend and two white bars on the coverts. Their throat and underparts are creamy whitish with some grayish flecks on the breast and olive-buff undertail coverts. Their iris is light brown, their maxilla dark brown, their mandible grayish white, and their legs... Wikipedia →