[order] Passeriformes | [family] Vireonidae | [latin] Cyclarhis gujanensis | [UK] Rufous-browed Peppershrike | [FR] Sourciroux melodieux | [DE] Rostbrauenvireo | [ES] Alegrin de Cejas Rojizas | [IT] Ciclario dai sopraccigli rossi | [NL] Roodbrauwpeperklauwier
Subspecies
| Genus | Species | subspecies | Breeding Range | Breeding Range 2 | Non Breeding Range |
| Cyclarhis | gujanensis | LA | widespread | ||
| Cyclarhis | gujanensis | cantica | |||
| Cyclarhis | gujanensis | cearensis | |||
| Cyclarhis | gujanensis | coibae | |||
| Cyclarhis | gujanensis | contrerasi | |||
| Cyclarhis | gujanensis | dorsalis | |||
| Cyclarhis | gujanensis | flavens | |||
| Cyclarhis | gujanensis | flavipectus | |||
| Cyclarhis | gujanensis | flaviventris | |||
| Cyclarhis | gujanensis | gujanensis | |||
| Cyclarhis | gujanensis | insularis | |||
| Cyclarhis | gujanensis | nicaraguae | |||
| Cyclarhis | gujanensis | ochrocephala | |||
| Cyclarhis | gujanensis | parva | |||
| Cyclarhis | gujanensis | pax | |||
| Cyclarhis | gujanensis | perrygoi | |||
| Cyclarhis | gujanensis | saturata | |||
| Cyclarhis | gujanensis | septentrionalis | |||
| Cyclarhis | gujanensis | subflavescens | |||
| Cyclarhis | gujanensis | tarijae | |||
| Cyclarhis | gujanensis | virenticeps | |||
| Cyclarhis | gujanensis | viridis | |||
| Cyclarhis | gujanensis | yucatanensis |
Physical charateristics
The adult Rufous-browed Peppershrike is 15cm long and weighs 28g. It is bull-headed with a shrike-like bill. The head is grey with a strong rufous eyebrow.. The upperparts are green, and the yellow throat and breast shade into a white belly. Southern forms are darker with a narrower eyebrow.
Listen to the sound of Rufous-browed Peppershrike
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Range
It breeds in open woodland and cultivation with some tall trees from Mexico and Trinidad south to Argentina and Uruguay.
Habitat
The preferred habitat consists of both dry and moist evergreen forest borders, scrublands, gallery and secondary forests, and clearings with trees. The birds are found at altitudes up to 2,800 meter. It is common in a succession of semi-open habitats, such as the edges of forests, capoeiras, cerrados, isolated clumps of trees in caatingas, parks, yards with many trees and in the mountains.
Reproduction
The birds stay together throughout the year. They build cup-shaped, flimsy nests from grasses, which hang from a fork of a high tree branch. Both the male and female incubate the two or three eggs and feed the young.
Feeding habits
The Rufous-browed Peppershrike is generally regarded as a forest bird which eats insects and caterpillars high in the foliage. It is a noted singer and is more often heard than seen.
Conservation
This species has a large range, with an estimated global Extent of Occurrence of 14,000,000 km². The global population size has not been quantified, but it is believed to be large as the species is described as ‘common’ in at least parts of its range (Stotz et al. 1996). Global population trends have not been quantified, but the species is not believed to approach the thresholds for the population decline criterion of the IUCN Red List (i.e. declining more than 30% in ten years or three generations). For these reasons, the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
Migration
Sedentary throughout range
Distribution map
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