{"id":135670,"date":"2014-12-11T06:00:16","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T05:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/?p=135670"},"modified":"2024-06-25T11:53:33","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T10:53:33","slug":"listen-to-new-bird-species-discovered-in-brazil-cryptic-treehunter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/listen-to-new-bird-species-discovered-in-brazil-cryptic-treehunter\/","title":{"rendered":"Listen to New Bird Species Discovered in Brazil: Cryptic Treehunter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brazilian ornithologists Dr Juan Mazar Barnett and Dr Dante Buzzetti of the Center for Ornithological Studies in S\u00e3o Paulo have discovered a new species of bird that lives in the dense, humid forests of northeastern Brazil.<\/p>\n

The new species, named the Cryptic treehunter (Cichlocolaptes mazarbarnetti), is a member of the South American bird family Furnariidae (ovenbirds).\u00a0This bird is about 22 cm long, with the tail accounting for more than one-third of the length, and weighs about 48 g.<\/p>\n

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The Cryptic treehunter (Cichlocolaptes mazarbarnetti). Image credit: \u00a9 Rolf Grantsau.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Its crown and forehead are jet-black. Back of the neck, the back, and the rump are cinnamon-brown. The tail is pale orange-rufous, with the central rectrices darker dorsally.\u00a0The throat, sides of the head, supercilium and supraloral-stripe are pinkish-buff. Lower throat and the sides of neck are cinnamon-brown. The breast, belly, and underwing coverts are cinnamon.<\/p>\n

The Cryptic treehunter is described from a specimen that for many years had been confused with another species, the Alagoas foliage-gleaner (Philydor novaesi).<\/p>\n

\u201cThe new species differs from the Alagoas foliage-gleaner by its considerably larger size, heavier body-mass, darker and more uniform forehead and crown, absence of buffy periocular-feathers, and a pale orange-rufous tail that contrasts with the rump and the rest of the dorsal plumage. It also has a flat-crowned appearance and a larger, deeper-based, and generally stouter bill,\u201d the scientists wrote in a paper published in the Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia (Brazilian Journal of Ornithology).<\/p>\n

\u201cBehavioral specialization on bromeliads and vocal repertoire also suggest that the new species belongs in the genus Cichlocolaptes.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the team, the Cryptic treehunter is one of the rarest birds in the world.<\/p>\n

It is known from only two sites in northeastern Brazil \u2013 the type locality at Murici in the state of Alagoas, and Frei Caneca in the state of Pernambuco.<\/p>\n

\u201cBased on intensive fieldwork at Murici as part of the conservation project of BirdLife International Brazil Programme, we estimated that a maximum of 5-10 pairs may have existed in the entire reserve in 2004; however, the number of birds remaining is likely lower. At Frei Caneca, we estimate that no more than one or two pairs survive.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe propose that this species should be categorized as Critically Endangered at a national and global level, and we consider the situation of its conservation to be critical in that it will require urgent action to avoid its global extinction.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Juan Mazar Barnett & Dante Renato Corr\u00eaa Buzzetti. 2014. A new species of Cichlocolaptes Reichenbach 1853 (Furnariidae), the \u2018gritador-do-nordeste\u2019, an undescribed trace of the fading bird life of northeastern Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia 22 , 75-94<\/p>\n

This article <\/a>was first published by Sci-News.com on 30 Nov 2014. Lead Image: Listen to New Bird Species Discovered in Brazil: Cryptic Treehunter.<\/em><\/p>\n

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