Rufous-capped Thornbill (Chalcostigma ruficeps)

Other Names (World)
Rufous-capped Thornbill, Metaltail, Rufous-capped Metaltail

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
8 - 9 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gould, 1846)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest. From 1,400 - 3,500 m, occasionally up to 3,800 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.

Eastern Andes of south-eastern Ecuador through Peru to west-central Bolivia (Yungas of Cochabamba). Single record from Pan Azucar in central Andes of Colombia, where status uncertain.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (4)...)

Rufous-capped Thornbill (Chalcostigma ruficeps) [XC238121]
by Lelis Navarrete from Zamora-Chinchipe: Reserva Tapichalaca, Ecuador (call, call at feeder)

Rufous-capped Thornbill (Chalcostigma ruficeps) [XC145009]
by Dan Lane from Ca\u00f1adon, Cochabamba dept., Bolivia (call)

Subspecies
Previously placed in genus Metallura. Alternatively separated in monotypic genus Selatopogon. Birds of Ecuador have been separated as subspecies aureofastigatum, but this variation has now been demonstrated to form ends of a clinal character progression involving coloration of ornamental throat feathers.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

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