Black-faced Rufous-Warbler
Bathmocercus rufus
Unusual and handsome forest-dwelling warbler. Males are mostly rufous, and females olive-gray, but both show a black face mask that continues down the center of the underparts. Skulks in the thick undergrowth of humid forest. The male sings a long series of high, penetrating whistles which can sound like a truck backing up. He is sometimes accompanied by low “trr” calls from the female.
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Bathmocercus rufus
- Authority
- Reichenow, 1895
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Cisticolidae
- Genus
- Bathmocercus
Range and habitat
- Migration
- Resident species
Conservation
- Population trend
- declining
Photos
Distribution
Bird Calls
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