Black-billed Peppershrike

Cyclarhis nigrirostris

Large vireo with stout hooked bill. Similar to the more widespread Rufous-browed Peppershrike. Dull olive overall with paler grayish throat and belly. Thin rufous forehead and eyebrow. Yellow on sides of breast is duller and more restricted than in Rufous-browed Peppershrike, and also note Black-billed’s namesake dark bill. Sexes alike. Uncommon in Andean cloud forest from 1,300–2,700 m, usually in the canopy and sometimes following a mixed-species flock. Listen for its song, a series of short warbled phrases.

识别特征

Olive coloured overall with grey throat, belly, cheek and forecrown and a rufous stripe above the eye and lore. Differs from the more common Rufous-browed peppershrike by its black-tipped bill, thinner rufous superciliary stripe, and olive neck and cap.

分类信息

The black-billed peppershrike was described by Frédéric de Lafresnaye in 1842 as Cyclaris nigrirostris (sic) from a specimen collected in Bogotá. There are two recognised subspecies:

学名
Cyclarhis nigrirostris
命名信息
Lafresnaye, 1842
Passeriformes
Vireonidae
Cyclarhis

分布与栖息地

The black-billed peppershrike is found in the Andes of Colombia and Ecuador.

迁徙
Resident species

行为

Migration pattern: Resident species.

保护状况

Population trend: declining.

种群趋势
declining

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