Buff-throated foliage-gleaner

Automolus ochrolaemus

Photo by Chris Perkins (Internet Bird Collection)

Common name:
buff-throated foliage-gleaner (en); barranqueiro-camurça (pt); anabate à gorge fauve (fr); ticotico gorgiclaro (es); fahlkehl-baumspäher (de)


Taxonomy:
Order Passeriformes
Family Furnariidae


Range:
This species is found from southern Mexico, across Central America and south to Peru, Bolivia and north-western Brazil.


Size:
These birds are 18-19 cm long and weigh 42 g.


Habitat:
Buff-throated foliage-gleaners are mostly found in rainforests and swamp forests, but also in low altitude mountain forests and coffee plantation, from sea level up to an altitude of 1.650 m.


Diet:
They mostly forage in dense understorey or on the ground, hunting large insects, spiders and small frogs and lizards.


Breeding:
The buff-throated foliage-gleaner excavates a tunnel in a dirt bank, at the end of which is placed a shallow nest cup made of plant fibres. The female lays 2-3 white eggs, which are incubated by both parents for 19-21 days. The chicks are fed by both parents and fledge 18-19 days after hatching.


Conservation:
IUCN status - LC (Least Concern)
This species has a very large breeding range and the global population is estimated at 500.000-5.000.000 individuals. This population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats.