Other Scientific Names
Philydor amaurotis [Collar and Andrew (1988)], Philydor amaurotis [Collar et al. (1994)], Philydor amaurotis [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)]
South-eastern Brazil (southern Espirito Santo south to Santa Catarina, also central Rio Grande do Sul) and north-eastern Argentina (Misiones); also several sight records from south-eastern Paraguay (Canendiyú, Alto Paraná, Caazapá).
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010) and decreasing.
Status NT
Habitat destruction and degradation due to urbanisation, industrialisation, agricultural expansion, colonisation and associated road-building, are the main threats.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Voice
A stuttering chatter followed by 3-4 loud shrieks.
White-browed Foliage-gleaner (Anabacerthia amaurotis) [XC173397]
by Jerome Fischer from Salete, Santa Catarina, Brazil (song)
White-browed Foliage-gleaner (Anabacerthia amaurotis) [XC556128]
by Brian Cox from PE Intervales - Trilha do Lajeado, Brazil (chamado)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Genus sometimes merged into a broadly defined Philydor. This species suspected by some authors as being not particularly closely related to either Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner (Anabacerthia variegaticeps) or Montane Foliage-gleaner (Anabacerthia striaticollis).
Similar Species
Buff-browed Foliage-gleaner (Syndactyla rufosuperciliata) is more uniform olive brown above, supercilium is narrower and buff not creamy and its ear coverts are less contrasting. Large Pale-browed Treehunter (Cichlocolaptes leucophrus) is larger, streaked on the crown and mantle and more sharply streaked below. Sharp-billed Treehunter (Heliobletus contaminatus) is smaller, streaked on the mantle and has a buffy supercilium and throat.
References
See References.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet