Pink-legged Gravateiro Acrobatornis fonsecai

Pink-legged Gravateiro Acrobatornis fonsecai

Brazilian name: Acrobata

Serra Bonita, Camacan, Bahia, Brazil
November 2008

The Pink-legged Gravateiro is endemic to a very small area of south-east Bahia and north-east Minas Gerais in Brazil. It is found in the canopy of the Atlantic Rain Forest and specifically in those areas known as cabruca where the forest has been thinned and planted with cacao trees. It is classified as Vulnerable by Birdlife International .

Despite the fact that it is a fairly active and visible bird in areas of reasonably high population it was not described until 1996.

It is dark grey in general with pink legs and a pink lower mandible. It has a pale grey supercilium and the tail is long and graduated.

There are recordings on xeno-canto and additional information available via Avibase. There is a page in Portuguese with excellent photos on Wikiaves.

Like many ovenbirds its rather untidy nest is built with twigs as can be seen in this video from the Internet Bird Collection.

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