Tooth-billed Wren

Odontorchilus cinereus

Slender, inconspicuous wren with a long tail, recalling a gnatcatcher. Has rather dull plumage: gray above, very pale grayish below, with a brownish crown. Note the dark bars on the tail. Forages high in the canopy of humid forests and almost invariably accompanies mixed-species flocks. Sings a loud series of “tsee” notes repeated continually.

识别特征

The tooth-billed wren is 12 cm (4.7 in) long; one male weighed 11 g (0.39 oz). Adults have a grayish cinnamon crown, a grayish brown face, and a medium gray back. their throat and breast are buffy gray, the belly pale buff, and the flanks grayish white. The juvenile looks essentially the same.

分类信息

The tooth-billed wren shares its genus with one other species, the grey-mantled wren (Odontorchilus branickii). Some authors have suggested that they are conspecific or that they form a superspecies. The tooth-billed wren is monotypic.

学名
Odontorchilus cinereus
命名信息
(Pelzeln, 1868)
Passeriformes
Troglodytidae
Odontorchilus

分布与栖息地

The tooth-billed wren is found mostly in Brazil but its range extends slightly into Bolivia's Santa Cruz Department. It is found south of the Amazon River between the Madeira River on the west and the Xingú River on the east. It inhabits tall humid lowland forest at elevations up to 600 m (2,000 ft).

迁徙
Resident species

行为

The tooth-billed wren's diet is not known in detail, but the species is insectivorous. It forages in the canopy, 15 to 30 m (49 to 98 ft) above ground, exploring and probing the foliage along branches and in vine tangles. It usually is part of a mixed-species foraging flock.<p>The tooth-billed wren's breeding season appears to span from June to September based on dates when active nests, dependent juveniles, and physiological evidence have been observed. It nests in a cavity in a limb or trunk high above the ground. The clutch size is believed to be two.<p>The tooth-billed wren's typical song is "a short, simple trill" [1]; both sexes sing it.

保护状况

种群趋势
declining

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