[order] Passeriformes | [family] Furnariidae | [latin] Sclerurus caudacutus | [UK] Black-tailed Leaftosser | [FR] Sclerure des ombres | [DE] Weisskehl-Laubwender | [ES] Tirahojas Colinegro | [IT] Grattafoglie codanera | [NL] Zwartstaart-bladkrabber
Subspecies
| Genus | Species | subspecies | Breeding Range | Breeding Range 2 | Non Breeding Range |
| Sclerurus | caudacutus | SA | Amazonia, e Brazil | ||
| Sclerurus | caudacutus | brunneus | |||
| Sclerurus | caudacutus | caudacutus | |||
| Sclerurus | caudacutus | insignis | |||
| Sclerurus | caudacutus | olivascens | |||
| Sclerurus | caudacutus | pallidus | |||
| Sclerurus | caudacutus | umbretta |
Physical charateristics
Upperparts dark earth brown, rump and upper tail coverts rufous brown, tail dull black. Chin buffy white, sides of head and upper breast tinged with orange chestnut. From forehead to neck dark brown with lighter sides providing a faint galloping look. Bill is greyish with some white in lower mandible, legs black. Sexes are alike.
Listen to the sound of Black-tailed Leaftosser
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| eggs max.: | 3 |
Range
Found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. In Suriname found on the forest floor in the far south interior.
Habitat
Prefers tropical owland evergreen forest, terra firme.
Reproduction
“The nest was an unlined, loosely interwoven mat of dry, slightly curved leaf rachises placed flatly in an enlarged chamber at the end of a burrow. The nest measured 12.5 cm
across, with the shallow nest cup interior 5 cm in width and 1.75 cm in height. The straight, undeviating burrow was 50 cm in length with an entrance tunnel 5 cm high and 13 cm wide. The burrow was horizontally excavated in the vertical wall of a depression. The depression measured 1.05 m deep and .97 m wide and was 1.5 m from the trail. Distance from the burrow opening to level ground at the top of the depression was 20 cm.” (quote Denton and Blue-smith, ORNITOLOGIA NEOTROPICAL 11: 173?175, 2000).
across, with the shallow nest cup interior 5 cm in width and 1.75 cm in height. The straight, undeviating burrow was 50 cm in length with an entrance tunnel 5 cm high and 13 cm wide. The burrow was horizontally excavated in the vertical wall of a depression. The depression measured 1.05 m deep and .97 m wide and was 1.5 m from the trail. Distance from the burrow opening to level ground at the top of the depression was 20 cm.” (quote Denton and Blue-smith, ORNITOLOGIA NEOTROPICAL 11: 173?175, 2000).
Clutch size is 2 eggs, nestlings are fed by both parents. No further data.
Feeding habits
Diet consists of invertebrates, caught by leaf tossing on ground mostly alone or sometimes in pairs.. Forages by hipping (not walking) on ground and exposing prey using its bill to flake and toss ground material like rotten logs and leaf litter. Also ants and during brooding fruit is fed to the chicks..
Conservation
This species has a large range, with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 5,500,000 km2. The global population size has not been quantified, but it is believed to be large as the species is described as ‘frequent’ in at least parts of its range (Stotz et al. 1996). Global population trends have not been quantified, but the species is not believed to approach the thresholds for the population decline criterion of the IUCN Red List (i.e., declining more than 30% in ten years or three generations). For these reasons, the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
Migration
Sedentary throughout range.
Distribution map
Literature
Title Nest and breeding behavior of the Black-tailed Leaftosser Sclerurus caudatus (furnariidae)
Author(s): Matthew D. Denton & Jason R. Blue-Smi
Abstract: The genus Sclerurus consists of six species that a..[more]..
Source: ORNITOLOGIA NEOTROPICAL 11: 173-175
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