Nombre en español: Zumbador Peruano
Nombre en inglés: Ash-throated Gnateater
Nombre científico: Conopophaga peruviana
Familia: Conopophagidae
Categorías: Hipotéticas
El jejenero peruano, (Conopophaga peruviana), también denominado jejenero golicenizo (en Ecuador), jejenero de garganta ceniza (en Perú) o toco toco cenizo, es una especie de ave paseriforme perteneciente al género Conopophaga de la familia Conopophagidae. Es nativo de la Amazonia occidental en América del Sur.
Distribución y Hábitat
Se distribuye en el este de Ecuador (oeste y sur del río Napo) y en la Amazonia peruana hacia el este hasta el oeste de Brasil (al este hasta la margen oriental del alto y medio río Purús), y hacia el sur hasta el norte de Bolivia (La Paz). Es poco común en el sotobosque, a menos de 1000 m s. n. m. de altitud, preferentemente por debajo de los 600 m s. n. m., en la margen sur del occidente de la Amazonia, en bosques húmedos de terra firme entrecortados por ríos de aguas blancas, al norte del río Solimões.
Descripción
Mide entre 11,5 y 12 cm de longitud. El macho presenta corona color castaño oscuro, con lores grisáceos y un largo mechón posocular blanco; las partes inferiores color gris parduzco, con el centro del vientre blancuzco; alas color castaño, con las coberteras con puntas color ante; los bordes de las plumas del dorso son negruzcos. La hembra presenta plumaje color marrón, con la corona color castaño rojizo rufo; la garganta blancuzca; los lados del cuello y el pecho anaranjados a rufos y el centro del vientre blancuzco.
Ash-throated gnateater
The ash-throated gnateater (Conopophaga peruviana) is a species of bird in the family Conopophagidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru.
Taxonomy and systematics
The placement of ash-throated gnateater in a linear sequence remains unsettled. The Clements taxonomy places it between chestnut-belted gnateater (Conopophaga aurita) and Ceara gnateater (C. cearae), while the International Ornithological Committee (IOC) places it between hooded gnateater (C. roberti) and Ceara gnateater, with chestnut-belted gnateater preceding hooded. It is monotypic.
Description
The ash-throated gnateater is 11 to 12 cm (4.3 to 4.7 in) long and weighs 22 to 26 g (0.78 to 0.92 oz). The male’s face, back, and breast are gray, with the back being darker and having a brownish wash. The crown is brownish, the throat white, and there is a white tuft behind the eye. The lower belly is brown. The female’s face and breast are rufous and the upper parts are brown.
Distribution and habitat
The ash-throated gnateater is found in the upper Amazon Basin in eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, far western Brazil, and slightly into Bolivia’s La Paz Department. It primarily inhabits the open understory of terra firme forest, especially vine tangles and treefalls. It can also be found in várzea forest and on slopes and ridgetops. In much of its range it is found up to 600 m (2,000 ft), but usually only up to 400 m (1,300 ft) in Bolivia and occasionally as high as 1,000 m (3,300 ft) in Peru.
Behavior
Feeding
The ash-throated gnateater forages on or near the ground for small arthropods.
Breeding
Little has been published about the ash-throated gnateater’s breeding habits. The few described nests were shallow cups placed less than 1 m (3.3 ft) above the ground.
Vocalization
The ash-throated gnateater’s song has been described as «hollow-sounding hwrickik! notes and as a «bisyllabic ‘sneezing sound’». One of its calls is.
Status
The IUCN has assessed the ash-throated gnateater as being of Least Concern. Although it is generally uncommon, it occurs in several protected areas.
Fuentes: Wikipedia/eBird/xeno-canto
