Black-capped foliage-gleaner


The black-capped foliage-gleaner is a species of bird in the ovenbird family Furnariidae. The species is very closely related to the Alagoas foliage-gleaner and forms a superspecies with it.
It is found in eastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay and far northeastern Argentina. They inhabit lowland rainforest and secondary forest from sea level to, and is not migratory.
The black-capped foliage-gleaners is and weighs. It has striking plumage for a foliage-gleaner, with a mostly rufous body and a black cap, and black and buff stripes through the eyes. The sexes are alike.
It feeds on arthropods, preferring caterpillars and to a lesser extent beetles, but also takes flies, spiders, grasshoppers, true bugs, centipedes, and cockroaches. It feeds singly, in pairs or in mixed species feeding-flocks, and takes prey from dead leaves from the forest-floor to the canopy. Almost nothing is known about its breeding behaviour, beyond its nest being reported to being in a hole in a dirt bank.
The species is not considered threatened. Its range has decreased due to deforestation, but it is able to persist in small fragments of habitat.