Pale-browed Treehunter (Cichlocolaptes leucophrus)
Pale-browed Treehunter, Boa Nova, Bahia, July 2002 - click for larger image Brazil

The Pale-browed Treehunter is a Brazilian endemic found in the Atlantic Rain forest of south east Brazil. It is usually seen searching for insects amongst the leaves of bromeliads.

Pale-browed Treehunter, Boa Nova, Bahia, July 2002 - click for larger image It is rufous brown above with streaking on the head and back. Below it is heavily streaked with brown on buff. The bill is long and straight, it has a pale buff supercilium and the tail is bright cinnamon.

There is an illustration in Ridgely & Tudor, Volume 2, Plate 9; and Sick, Plate 27.
Pale-browed Treehunter, Folha Seca, Ubatuba, São Paulo, Brazil, November 2006 - click for larger image
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