Orange-fronted Plushcrown (Metopothrix aurantiaca)

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

Family
Furnariidae (Ovenbirds)

Size
10.50 - 11.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
Sclater & Salvin, 1866

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowlandest, inland wetlands. From sea-level - 1,100 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.

South-eastern Colombia (Putumayo, Amazonas), eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, western Brazil (east to lower R Juru� and upper R Pur�s, south to Acre), and north-eastern Bolivia (north-eastern Beni).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (23)...)

Orange-fronted Plushcrown (Metopothrix aurantiaca) [XC549954]
by Mauricio Cuellar Ramirez (@Birding.travel) from Finca San Jorge, Morelia\/Caquet\u00e1, Colombia (call)

Orange-fronted Plushcrown (Metopothrix aurantiaca) [XC409570]
by Andrew Spencer from Uarini, State of Amazonas, Brazil (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.

References
See References.

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