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Ovenbirds (Furnariidae)

Peruvian Recurvebill (Simoxenops ucayalae) - HBW 8, p. 331

French: Anabate à bec retroussé German: Starkschnabel-Blattspäher Spanish: Ticotico Picolezna Peruano
Other common names: Peruvian Foliage-gleaner

Taxonomy: Anachilus ucayalae Chapman, 1928, Lagarto, upper Río Ucayali, Peru.
Genus merged by some authors into a broad Philydor; close relationship to Syndactyla suggested by vocalizations and general behaviour. May form a superspecies with S. striatus. Described taxon Megaxenops ferruginea is a synonym of present species. Monotypic.

Distribution: Amazonian SE Peru (S Ucayali, Cuzco, Madre de Díos) and N Bolivia (W Pando); also S Amazonian Brazil (Acre, N Mato Grosso, Pará).

Near Threatened

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Close-up of the open beak in hand. Locality Los Amigos Biological Station (CICRA), Madre de Dios Department, Peru (Monotypic species)
Joe Tobias 28 September 2004 1 year ago 4
Close-up of a bird in hand. Locality Los Amigos Biological Station (CICRA), Madre de Dios Department, Peru (Monotypic species)
Joe Tobias 28 September 2004 1 year ago 3.8
Dorsal view of a bird in hand. Locality Los Amigos Biological Station (CICRA), Madre de Dios Department, Peru (Monotypic species)
Joe Tobias 28 September 2004 1 year ago 3.5
A bird in a tangle, at dawn. Locality Floresta Nacional de Carajás, Pará State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 11 August 2011 1 year ago 1.8

Sounds

A bird singing from bamboo. Locality Floresta Nacional de Carajás, Pará State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 11 August 2011 1 year ago 4.3
Recorded just before Atalaya in the last forest before. Bamboo are on both sides of the road. www.birds-venezuela.de Locality Madre de Dios Department, Peru
Joe Klaiber 9 June 2012 45 weeks ago 4
Calling several times Locality Manu Wildlife Center, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru
Fabrice Schmitt 9 August 2009 3 years ago 4

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