Birds of Brazil - Conopophaga


Chestnut-belted Gnateater (Conopophaga aurita) Mitu, Vaupes, Colombia
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Stays close to the ground. Female does not have black face.


Ceara Gnateater (Conopophaga cearae) Near Threatened ENDEMIC Brazil
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Rufous Gnateater (Conopophaga lineata) Altiplano Leste, Brasilia, DF, Brazil
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Black-bellied Gnateater (Conopophaga melanogaster) Male Carajás National Forest, Pará, Brazil
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Black-bellied Gnateater (Conopophaga melanogaster) Female Carajás National Forest, Pará, Brazil
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Male black, female grey, both with rufous back. Both have white 'postocular tuft' similar to some other gnateaters but more pronounced (HBW).


Black-cheeked Gnateater (Conopophaga melanops melanops) Male ENDEMIC REGUA, Cachoeiras de Macacu, RJ, Brazil
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Black-cheeked Gnateater (Conopophaga melanops) Female ENDEMIC Juquiá-SP, Brazil
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Ash-throated Gnateater (Conopophaga peruviana) Yasuní Research Station, Orellana province, Ecuador
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Hooded Gnateater (Conopophaga roberti) Male ENDEMIC Caxias, Maranhão, Brazil
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Black-breasted Gnateater (Conopophaga snethlageae) ENDEMIC Carajás National Forest, Pará, Brazil
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Stays close to the ground. Split (2023) from the Chestnut-belted Gnateater because of obvious differences in plumage, vocalization, and DNA. Ranges appear to overlap; this species is only found in the center of the Brazil Amazon below the Amazon river.