Chestnut-belted Gnateater
A species of Gnateaters Scientific name : Conopophaga aurita Genus : Gnateaters
Chestnut-belted Gnateater, A species of Gnateaters
Botanical name: Conopophaga aurita
Genus: Gnateaters
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Photo By Lars Petersson 
Description
It is a small dark bird with a relatively stout bill, brown upperparts and crown (the latter often tinged rufous), a white supercilium, and pinkish-grey legs. The male has a black frontlet, face and throat, a rufous chest, and buff or white belly. The female has a rufous face, throat and chest, and a buff or white belly. Males of the subspecies snethlageae and pallida are distinctive, as the black of the face and throat extends well onto the central chest, with rufous of the underparts limitied to the edge of the black chest. 
Size
13 cm
Nest Placement
Ground
Habitat
The chestnut-belted Gnateater is typically found in the dense understories of tropical lowland forests. These include well-drained, high terra firme forests and occasionally flooded forests. Chestnut-belted Gnateater shows a preference for areas that are not the densest thickets but maintains an affinity for habitats with a mix of tall trees and an underlayer of shrubs, such as the campinarana regions. It is primarily observed in forests that remain close to their natural, undisturbed state.
Dite type
Insectivorous
General Info
Feeding Habits
Bird food type
Distribution Area
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 Amapá state into the Guianas to the Atlantic coast, and the central and eastern Guiana Shield to include only eastern Guyana.
Photo By Lars Petersson 
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Gnateaters Genus
Gnateaters Species
Chestnut-belted Gnateater 
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