Birds of the World - Schiffornis

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Foothill Schiffornis (Schiffornis aenea) Range: SA: c Ecuador and n Peru

Found in marshy sections of foothill forest.


Varzea Schiffornis (Schiffornis major) Range: SA: c, w Amazonia Inírida, Guainía, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Varzea Schiffornis (Schiffornis major major) Range: SA: c, w Amazonia Puerto Nariño, Amazonas, Colombia Looks a bit like a Cinnamon Attila, but colors are different shades.
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Found close to ground in varzea and flooded forest habitat, often in pairs. May have grey head, grey around eye, or be totally one color.

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Guianan Schiffornis (Schiffornis olivacea) Range: SA: se Venezuela, Guyana (also Guianas?) and nc Brazil


Russet-winged Schiffornis (Schiffornis stenorhyncha panamensis) Range: MA, SA: Panama to n Colombia and n Venezuela Soberania National Park, Panama
Photograph by Richard et Diane © All Rights Reserved.


Brown-winged Schiffornis (Schiffornis turdina amazonum) Range: MA, SA: (e Guianas?) and s Venezuela through Amazonia and e Brazil Manacapuru, Amazonas, Brazil
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Northern Schiffornis (Schiffornis veraepacis veraepacis) Range: MA, SA: se Mexico to w Colombia and Ecuador Petén, Guatemala.
Photograph by Jorge Dangel © All Rights Reserved.

A nondescript brown bird found in the understory of healthy tropical forest.


Greenish Schiffornis (Schiffornis virescens) Range: SA: se, s Brazil, e Paraguay and ne Argentina Itatiaia National Park, Brazil
Photograph by Bruno Conjeaud © All Rights Reserved.