Nombre en español: Conirrostro Rufo

Nombre en ingles: Rufous-browed Conebill

Nombre científico: Conirostrum rufum

Familia: Thraupidae

Foto: Daniel Orozco

canto: Andrew Spencer

Conirostrum rufum es una especie de ave paseriforme perteneciente a la familia Thraupidae.

Distribución y hábitat

Se encuentra en Colombia y Venezuela. Su hábitat natural son las húmedas montañas tropicales y los matorrales, entre los 2.600 y 3300 m.s.n.m.

Descripción

Mide 12,5 a 13 cm de longitud total y pesa 11 g. La frente es de color rufo-rojizo; sobreceja, lados de la cabeza y partes inferiores color canela; corona y dorso color gris plomizo a azulado; alas y cola gris oscuro.

Rufous-browed conebill

The rufous-browed conebill (Conirostrum rufum) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Colombia and far western Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.

A rather uncommon Conirostrum of northernmost South America, where it is found in montane forest and other wooded vegetation in southwest Venezuela, northeast Colombia, and the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. Its altitudinal range mainly spans 2700–3300 m. It is unlikely to be mistaken for any other species within this limited elevational and geographical range. Both sexes have largely bluish-gray upperparts, contrasting with the rufous-red forehead, supercilium, head sides, and underparts. Like other conebills, the Rufous-browed Conebill regularly accompanies mixed-species flocks, and forages at all levels within the trees.