Streak-capped Treehunter

About the Streak-capped Treehunter

The streak-capped treehunter (Thripadectes virgaticeps) is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. The streak-capped treehunter has these six subspecies:

T. v. klagesi (Hellmayr & Seilern, 1912) T. v. tachirensis Phelps, WH & Phelps, WH Jr, 1958 T. v. magdalenae Meyer de Schauensee, 1945 T. v. sclateri Berlepsch, 1907 T. v. virgaticeps Lawrence, 1874 T. v. sumaco Chapman, 1925

These subspecies are open to some dispute. Some of them apparently intergrade, and the subspecies in Colombia and Ecuador are "in need of re-evaluation". The streak-capped treehunter is 21 to 23 cm (8.3 to 9.1 in) long and weighs 61 to 65 g (2.2 to 2.3 oz). It is one of the larger members of its genus and has the least amount of streaking. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies T. v. virgaticeps have a mostly blackish-brown face with buff streaks and a tawny-buff malar area. Their lores are grizzled blackish brown and grayish buff. Their crown is blackish brown with dull buff spots on the forehead that become streaks on the crown itself. They... Wikipedia →