Rufous-browed Conebill Conirostrum rufum

Colombian name: Conirrostro Rufo
Rufous-browed Conebill, Montaña del Oso, Cundinamarca, Colombia, April 2012 - click for larger image Montaña del Oso, Cundinamarca, Colombia
April 2012

The Rufous-crowned Conebill is distributed in the eastern Andes from north-west Venezuela south to Bogotá and also in the Santa Marta Mountains. See the distribution map at NatureServe.

Rufous-browed Conebill, Montaña del Oso, Cundinamarca, Colombia, April 2012 - click for larger image It is found in bushy and shrubby areas up to the tree-line so normally between 2,600 and 3,300 metres. It feeds mainly on insects which it finds by probing the leaves and flowers on the tops of bushes and shrubs.

Rufous-browed Conebill, Montaña del Oso, Cundinamarca, Colombia, April 2012 - click for larger image

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