Other Scientific Names
Metopothrix aurantiacus [BirdLife International (2004)], Metopothrix aurantiacus [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Metopothrix aurantiacus [Stotz et al. (1996)]
Other Names (World)
Orange-fronted Plushcrown, Orange-fronted Softtail
South-eastern Colombia (Putumayo, Amazonas), eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, western Brazil (east to lower R Juruá and upper R Purús, south to Acre), and north-eastern Bolivia (north-eastern Beni).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Orange-fronted Plushcrown (Metopothrix aurantiaca) [XC94860]
by Roger Ahlman from Sacha Lodge, Sucumbios, Ecuador (call, song?)
Orange-fronted Plushcrown (Metopothrix aurantiaca) [XC56734]
by Niels Krabbe from Muyuna Lodge, Loreto, Peru (call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Highly distinctive plumage so different from that of others in family that its placement in Furnariidae was once questioned. Possible link to Acrobatornis suggested by nest architecture and voice.