Animalia Life

Terenura spodioptila
TAXONOMY
Terenura spodioptila P.L. Sclater & Salvin, 1881.
OTHER COMMON NAMES
French: Grisin spodioptile; German: Grauschwingen-Ameisenfдnger; Spanish: Tiluchн Piojito.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
4 in (10 cm), with a long tail.
DISTRIBUTION
Northern South America, including southern Venezuela, Guyana, southeastern Colombia, northeastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, and the northern Amazonian Brazil.
HABITAT
Up to 3,600 ft (1,100 m) in humid tropical forest and forestedges, mostly in terra firme (or non-flooded) forest. Utilize higher parts of the canopy.
BEHAVIOR
Nonmigratory pairs defend a breeding territory. Often in mixed-species foraging flocks. Song is an accelerating trill.
FEEDING ECOLOGY AND DIET
Glean insects and other arthropods from foliage in the upper parts of the forest canopy.
REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY
Monogamous pairs bond for life, typically lay two eggs, and share incubation and care of nestlings and fledglings.
CONSERVATION STATUS
Not threatened. Locally abundant.
SIGNIFICANCE TO HUMANS
No direct significance, except for the indirect economic benefits of bird-watching and ecotourism.

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