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Liosceles thoracicus
TAXONOMY
Pteroptochus thoracicus Sclater, 1865, Salto do Girao, Rio Madeira, Brazil.
OTHER COMMON NAMES
French: Tourco ceinturй German: Brustband-Tapaculo; Spanish: Gallito Pardo.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
7.7 in (19.5 cm); 1.4–1.5 oz (39–42 g). Upper coloring is dark gray-brown. Has narrow white brow. Sides of neck are gray. Throat and breast are white, bordered on the sides by a black line and with a more or less complete rufous breast band. Belly is barred black, rufous and white.
DISTRIBUTION
L. t. dugandi: Southeast Colombia and adjacent western Brazil on the Rio Solimoes. L. t. erithacus: From east Ecuador south to the mouth of Rнo Urubamba, eastern Peru. L. t. thoracicus: Southeast Peru and southwest Amazonian Brazil, east to Rio Tapajуz.
HABITAT
Humid forest.
BEHAVIOR
Terrestrial.
FEEDING ECOLOGY AND DIET
Walks and hops slowly. Feeds almost entirely on bugs.
REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY
Nest is globular with top entrance and placed underground among roots.
CONSERVATION STATUS
Not threatened.
SIGNIFICANCE TO HUMANS
None known.

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