White-collared Foliage-gleaner

About the White-collared Foliage-gleaner

The white-collared foliage-gleaner (Anabazenops fuscus) is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is endemic to eastern Brazil. The white-collared foliage-gleaner shares its genus with the bamboo foliage-gleaner (A. dorsalis). It is monotypic.

The white-collared foliage-gleaner is about 20 cm (7.9 in) long. It has a large wedge-shaped bill. The sexes' plumages are alike. Adults have a well-defined whitish supercilium, grayish white lores, and a white malar area on an otherwise dark brown face. Their crown is a rich dark brown with a faint scalloped appearance. Their throat is white and their entire neck is circled with a wide white band. Their back and rump are a lighter brown than the crown and their uppertail coverts and tail are dark rufous. Their wings are the same brown as the back with a bright yellowish brown bend. Their upper breast is grayish buff with a tawny tinge that becomes a darker tawny-brownish lower breast and belly. Their flanks and undertail coverts are darker and browner than the breast and belly. Their iris is dark brown or dark reddish brown, their maxilla dusky brown... Wikipedia →