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Chestnut-belted Gnateater
The Chestnut-belted Gnateater (Conopophaga aurita) is a species of bird in the Conopophagidae family, the gnateaters. It is found in the Amazon Basin of northern Brazil, southern Colombia and eastern Peru and Ecuador; also the Guianan countries of Guyana, Suriname and eastern French Guiana.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Overview
It is a small dark brown bird with a distinctive bright reddish-chestnut breast or upper breast. This is also contrasted with a deep black throat patch, combined with a deep black forehead and face patch; a narrow pure white upper eyestripe with short extended feathers is behind the eye and combines with its brown crown feathers and extends toward the upper back. It has a short mildly stout bill, and buff colored legs.
Distribution
Range: Guianas, Rio Negro to southern Amazon Basin
The range of the Chestnut-belted Gnateater is throughout the Amazon Basin, centered on the Amazon River. The following range limits are: it covers the entire downstream half of the regions in the south Basin and does not extend into Bolivia. The limits in the west are eastern and northeastern Peru with parts of northeast Ecuador and southern Colombia; the limit in this area in the west and northwest is the Rio Negro and the species is not found in the north central Amazon Basin of most of Brazil's Roraima state.
The range in the northeast Basin beyond the Amazon River outlet extends through Amapa state into the Guianas to the Atlantic coast, and the central and eastern Guiana Shield to include only eastern Guyana.
Source
BirdLife International 2004. Conopophaga aurita. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 25 July 2007.
External links
Chestnut-belted Gnateater photo gallery VIREO
Graphic-Medium Res & synopsis www.eln.gov.br–(Portuguese)
Photo-High Res; Article oiseaux
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