Orange-fronted plushcrown

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Orange-fronted plushcrown
Metopothrix aurantiaca - Orange-fronted Plushcrown; Ramal do Noca, Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil.jpg

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Furnariidae
Genus: Metopothrix
P.L. Sclater & Salvin, 1866
Species:
M. aurantiaca
Binomial name
Metopothrix aurantiaca
Sclater & Salvin, 1866
Metopothrix aurantiaca map.svg

The orange-fronted plushcrown (Metopothrix aurantiaca) is a species of bird in the family Furnariidae. It is the only member of the genus Metopothrix.

It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and heavily degraded former forest.

MetopothrixAurantiacusSmit.jpg

References[]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Metopothrix aurantiaca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22702679A130275861. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22702679A130275861.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.


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