- Passeriformes
- Furnariidae
Fawn-throated Foliage-gleaner Automolus cervinigularis
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Identification
Skulking and generally inconspicuous brown bird of humid tropical forest. Found as singles or pairs, clambering in vine tangles or other dense understory, at times in leaf litter on the forest floor; usually difficult to see clearly. Note the rich buffy throat, conspicuous buffy eyebrow and eyering, and rusty tail on an otherwise plain dark brownish bird. Loud song is a repeated, churring rattle, given from middle level perches inside the forest. Occurs from southern Mexico to central Panama, where it approaches the range of Ochre-throated Foliage-gleaner, and best distinguished by voice.