Birds of Panama

    PASSERIFORMES: Furnariidae (Ovenbirds)  
Genus: Sclerurus (4 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.


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


Tawny-throated Leaftosser
Tawny-throated Leaftosser (Sclerurus mexicanus mexicanus)
El Triunfo, Chiapas, Mexico  
   
Photograph by Jorge Montejo     Copyright and usage info


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, NariƱo, 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).


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