Alagoas Foliage-gleaner (Philydor novaesi)

Other Names (World)
Alagoas Foliage-gleaner, Greater Black-capped Foliage-gleaner, Novaes's Foliage-gleaner

Family
Furnariidae (Ovenbirds)

Size
18 cm

First Described (Guide)
Teixeira & Gonzaga, 1983

Habitat
The understorey to the canopy of edges of clearings in interior upland forest. From 400 - 550 m.

Range (Guide)

Brazil (B).

Alagoas, in north-eastern Brazil.

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

Population
Estimated population is 50 - 249 (2010) and decreasing.

Status CR
Habitat destruction and degradation through logging and conversion to sugarcane plantations and pastureland is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Singly, in pairs or small groups. Often join mixed-species flocks.

Food
Insects, including larvae taken from dead wood, beetles, grasshoppers and ants.

Voice
A slightly descending series of whistles 'u�-u�-u�'. A a 'th�rr' alarm call.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (16)...)

Alagoas Foliage-gleaner (Philydor novaesi) [XC77752]
by Carlos Ot\u00e1vio Araujo Gussoni from Jaqueira Private Reserve, State of Pernambuco, Brazil (song)

Alagoas Foliage-gleaner (Philydor novaesi) [XC668616]
by Ciro Albano from Serra do Quengo,Usina Frei Caneca,Jaqueira,Pernambuco, Brazil (call, song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Evidently forms a superspecies with Black-capped Foliage-gleaner (Philydor atricapillus).

Similar Species
Black-capped Foliage-gleaner (Philydor atricapillus) is much more rufous, with darker head pattern.

References
See References.

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