Nombre en español: Candelita Pechirroja
Nombre en ingles: Rose-breasted Chat
Nombre científico: Granatellus pelzelni
Familia: Cardinalidae
La reinita pechirroja (Granatellus pelzelni), también denominada granatela de pecho rosado y candelita pechirroja, es una especie de ave paseriforme de Sudamérica que algunos incluyen dentro de la familia Cardinalidae y otros en Parulidae.
Descripción
Mide en promedio 12 cm de longitud. El macho tiene la cabeza color negro con una raya blanca detrás de los ojos y la garganta también blanca; el pecho, el vientre y la grupa son rojos. La hembra tiene la corona y la frente de color gris azulado, los lados de la cabeza y partes inferiores son de color acanelado.
Distribución y hábitat
Se encuentra en Bolivia, Brasil, la Guayana francesa, Guyana, Surinam y Venezuela.
Su hábitat natural es la selva húmeda tropical de regiones bajas.
Alimentación
Se alimenta de insectos, frecuentemente formando parte de bandas mixtas con otras especies.
Rose-breasted chat
The rose-breasted chat (Granatellus pelzelni) is a species of bird in the family Cardinalidae.
Sclater, 1865
It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
The three species of Granatellus chats were long placed with the Parulidae (New World warblers) but are currently considered to be Cardinalidae (cardinals). Whatever their correct position in the avian ‘tree’, all three are highly attractive birds, and the Rose-breasted Chat, which is the Amazonian (and sole South American) representative of this superspecies, is no exception. It generally ranges over northern, southern, and eastern Amazonia, but is generally uncommon, and the species is completely absent from the westernmost portion of the basin. Males are generally dark gray above, with a white postocular streak, and red-and-white underparts, whilst females are also gray on the upperparts, but generally buffy over the head and underparts. They inhabit lowland forest, including edges, and sometimes join mixed-species flocks containing other insectivores. Although usually found at higher levels in the forest strata, the Rose-breasted Chat occasionally visits the understory. No information concerning the species’ breeding biology is available as yet.
Fuentes: Wikipedia/eBird/xeno-canto/Neotropical Birds
