Guttulate Foliage-gleaner

About the Guttulate Foliage-gleaner

The guttulate foliage-gleaner (Syndactyla guttulata) is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is endemic to Venezuela. The guttulate foliage-gleaner was originally described as Anabazenops guttulatus. It early acquired the English name "guttulated foliage-gleaner", a name which persisted until it was pointed out that the word guttulated does not exist in English. "Webster's International indeed states that the English noun guttula is an obscure word for a drop-shaped spot, and the adjectival form is guttulate, not "guttulated".

The guttulate foliage-gleaner has two subspecies, the nominate S. g. guttulata (Sclater, PL, 1858) and S. g. pallida (Zimmer, JT & Phelps, WH, 1944). The guttulate foliage-gleaner is 17 to 19 cm (6.7 to 7.5 in) long and weighs 34 to 38 g (1.2 to 1.3 oz). It is a largish furnariid with a more wedge-shaped bill than many others of its genus. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a faint dull ochraceous supercilium that fades on its way to the nape, and dark brown ear coverts with narrow buff streaks on an otherwise pale-spotted dark... Wikipedia →