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Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner
A species of Philydor Foliage-gleaners Scientific name : Dendroma rufa Genus : Philydor Foliage-gleaners
Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner, A species of Philydor Foliage-gleaners
Botanical name: Dendroma rufa
Genus: Philydor Foliage-gleaners
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Description
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Description
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The buff-fronted foliage-gleaner (Dendroma rufa) is a species of bird in the family Furnariidae, the ovenbirds. It is found in southeastern regions of South America in the cerrado and pantanal of Brazil and Paraguay as well as areas of southeast coastal Brazil; also extreme northeast Argentina. In western Andean and northwest South America, it is found in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia; and in the northwest, it is also found in Panama and Costa Rica. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
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Size
19 cm
Feeding Habits
Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner primarily consumes invertebrates. It employs unique foraging techniques to scour through foliage. Notably, buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner has developed specialized methods for hunting that capitalize on its agility, allowing it to extract prey from difficult-to-reach areas during various times of the day.
Habitat
Montane and tropical lowland evergreen forest, river-edge forest, humid lower montane forest, hilly tropical forest
Dite type
Herbivorous
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Scientific Classification
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Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Ovenbirds Species
Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner