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BUFF-FRONTED FOLIAGE-GLEANER Philydor rufum
Raucous canopy acrobats, Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaners are rarely still for long, creeping along vines, hanging upside down and occasionally uttering their earsplitting chattery calls. This species is to be separated with care from the Ochre-breasted Foliage-gleaner, the most obvious difference being, unsurprisingly, the buff "front" of this species!
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE1415PH) Adult, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith October 2010).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE1416PH) Adult, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith June 2008).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE1417PH) Adult, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Sylvia Qu July 2008).
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Philydor rufum
1 (FPAVE1418RE) Song and calls  recorded PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Alberto Esquivel June 2007).
2 (FPAVE1419RE) Song  recorded Estancia Golondrina, Departamento Caazapá (Myriam Velázquez October 2000).
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