Beautiful Treerunner (Margarornis bellulus)

Other Names (World)
Beautiful Treerunner, Beautiful Margarornis

Family
Furnariidae (Ovenbirds)

Size
14 - 15 cm

First Described (Guide)
Nelson, 1912

Habitat
Montane cloud forest on summits and higher ridges. From 1,350 - 1,600 m, occasionally down to 900 m.

Range (Guide)

Panama (B) (NB).

Cerro Tacarcuna, Cerro Mali, Cerro Pirre, Altos de Qu��a and Serran��a de Maj�, in extreme eastern Panama.

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 NT
Habitat destruction and degradation through clearing due to mining, agriculture and cultivation of coca, is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files

Beautiful Treerunner (Margarornis bellulus) [XC59618]
by id from cloud forest above Pirre Camp, Cerro Pirre, Darien, Panama, Panama (call, contact call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Anatomical data are consistent with the idea that this genus and Premnornis, Premnoplex and Roraimia are each others' closest relatives. Various authors merge one or all of those into present genus. Sister-species to Pearled Treerunner (Margarornis squamiger), and very likely conspecific.

References
See References.

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