Black-tailed Leaftosser (Sclerurus caudacutus)

Other Names (World)
Black-tailed Leaftosser, Black-tailed Leafscraper

Family
Furnariidae (Ovenbirds)

Size
18 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vieillot, 1816)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest. From sea-level - 1,100 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.

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 (49)...)

Black-tailed Leaftosser (Sclerurus caudacutus) [XC586604]
by Jerome Fischer from Esta\u00e7\u00e3o Ecol\u00f3gica de Murici, Murici, Alagoas, Brazil (call, song)

Black-tailed Leaftosser (Sclerurus caudacutus) [XC61828]
by Alexandre Renaudier from Yasun\u00ed Research Station, Parque Nacional Yasun\u00ed, Orellana, Ecuador (call)

Subspecies
Plumage similarities and parapatric ranges have suggested to most authors that this and Scaly-throated Leaftosser (Sclerurus guatemalensis) are sister-species. Validity of subspecies insignis, described from a single locality, seems questionable. Geographical distribution of subspecies, particularly north of R Amazon, not well understood, and individual variation in many of the characters used to describe most of them may lead to substantial revision of boundaries. Specimens from R Pur�s (western Brazil) intermediate between pallidus and brunneus.

Proposed subspecies olivascens (from south-central Peru) evidently not diagnosable, probably represents clinal variation within latter (specimens from south-western Amazonia less reddish on average than those farther north). Critical revision of subspecies and their boundaries badly needed.

The following 7 subspecies are recognised:

brunneus Sclater, PL, 1857 - Western Amazonia from south-eastern Colombia (southern from western Meta and Vaup�s) and southern Venezuela south to eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, western Brazil (western Amazonas, Acre, Rond�nia) and northern Bolivia (Pando, north-western La Paz).
caudacutus (Vieillot, 1816) - The Guianas.
insignis Zimmer, JT, 1934 - Northern Brazil north of R Amazon (north-western Par�; probably more widespread).
pallidus Zimmer, JT, 1934 - Central Brazil south of R Amazon (eastern from at least R Madeira to western Maranh�o).
umbretta (Lichtenstein, MHK, 1823) - Coastal eastern Brazil (Alagoas south to Esp��rito Santo).
caligineus Pinto, 1954 - Eastern Brazil.
olivascens Cabanis, 1873 - Eastern Peru (Ayacucho) to extreme northern Bolivia (Pando).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Black-tailed Leaftosser (Sclerurus caudacutus) - 10 files

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