Birds of Ecuador

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Genus: Sclerurus (5 species, 7 worldwide)

Sclerurus is a genus of 'ovenbirds' (family Furnariidae) which as the name suggests stay on the forest floor and look under leaves, and are generally difficult to see well.


Grey-throated Leaftosser
Grey-throated Leaftosser (Sclerurus albigularis propinquus)
ProAves El Dorado Reserve, Santa Marta Sierra Nevada, Magdalena, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Grey-throated Leaftosser
Grey-throated Leaftosser (Sclerurus albigularis)
Padilla, Bolivia   		   
Photograph by Joe Tobias   © All Rights Reserved.


Black-tailed Leaftosser
Black-tailed Leaftosser (Sclerurus caudacutus brunneus)
Los Amigos Biological Station, Peru   		   
Photograph by Joe Tobias   © All Rights Reserved.


Scaly-throated Leaftosser
Scaly-throated Leaftosser (Sclerurus guatemalensis salvini)
Darien National Park, Panama   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Dusky Leaftosser
Dusky Leaftosser (Sclerurus obscurior macconnelli)
Palmas, TO, Brazil   		   
Photograph by Rodrigo Conte   © All Rights Reserved.

Dusky Leaftosser
Dusky Leaftosser (Sclerurus obscurior obscurior)
RN La Planada, Nariño, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.
Split from the Tawny-throated Leaftosser in Central America, but visually virtually identical.
Perhaps starting a tunnel nest in a bank, which can be 50 cm. long (HBW).

Short-billed Leaftosser
Short-billed Leaftosser (Sclerurus rufigularis)
Brazil   		   
Photograph by Philip Stouffer   © All Rights Reserved.


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