Birds of Brazil

○   ←   PASSERIFORMES: Polioptilidae (Gnatcatchers)   →
Genus: Ramphocaenus (2 species, 2 worldwide)


Trilling Gnatwren
Trilling Gnatwren (Ramphocaenus melanurus rufiventris)
La Romera, Itagui, Antioquia, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.
Once called the Long-billed Gnatwren, which was split along with the Chattering Gnatwren.
From back with nesting material.

Chattering Gnatwren
Chattering Gnatwren (Ramphocaenus sticturus obscurus)
Los Amigos Biological Station, Peru   		   
Photograph by Joe Tobias   © All Rights Reserved.
The Long-billed Gnatwrens in east Peru to northwest Mato Grosso, Brazil are now called the Chattering Gnatwren, because of vocal differences with the more widespread Trilling Gnatwren, and 'white spots on outer rectrices' (HBW).

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