Ceara Gnateater Conopophaga cearae Scientific name definitions
- NT Near Threatened
- Names (19)
- Monotypic
Text last updated March 29, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | benedictí de Ceará |
Dutch | Rosse Muggeneter (cearae) |
English | Ceara Gnateater |
English (United States) | Ceara Gnateater |
French | Conopophage du Ceara |
French (France) | Conopophage du Ceara |
German | Cearamückenfresser |
Japanese | セアラーアリサザイ |
Norwegian | cearamyggeter |
Polish | mrówkożer cynamonowy |
Portuguese (Brazil) | chupa-dente-do-nordeste |
Russian | Сеарский гусеницеед |
Serbian | Istočnobrazilska mušičarka |
Slovak | komárožrút hrdzavý |
Spanish | Jejenero de Ceará |
Spanish (Spain) | Jejenero de Ceará |
Swedish | cearáknottfågel |
Turkish | Seara Bityiyeni |
Ukrainian | Гусеницеїд бразильський |
Conopophaga cearae Cory, 1916
Definitions
- CONOPOPHAGA
- cearae / cearensis
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
Introduction
Ceara Gnateater is a very poorly known species that is endemic to a small region in northeastern Brazil. Previously this species was classified as a subspecies of the more widespread Rufous Gnateater (Conopophaga lineata), which has a generally similar plumage pattern, but the color of the throat and breast of Ceara Gnateater is more orangey. Genetic analysis also reveals that these two species are not particularly closely related, and their songs are reported to differ - although songs also vary quite a bit within Rufous Gnateater. Otherwise very little is known about Ceara Gnateater, but presumably its natural history is similar to that of other members of the genus.
Field Identification
11·5–14 cm. Adult is distinctive compared to formerly conspecific C. lineata, having more deeply orangey plumage, and no or reduced white breast-crescent; for further distinctions, see Taxonomy (above).
Systematics History
Subspecies
Distribution
NE Brazil in N Ceará (Serra de Baturité) and locally from Rio Grande do Norte (3) S to Alagoas (4).
Habitat
Largely restricted to upland evergreen forest (known locally as brejo), but in Rio Grande do Norte has also been recorded in denser areas of scrubby restinga within narrow coastal dune slacks (and is replaced by C. melanops inside taller, more humid forest just inland of these); exclusively above 600 m in the Serra de Baturité.
Movement
Diet and Foraging
Diet and foraging behaviour presumably very similar to those of C. lineata, but no specific data available.
Sounds and Vocal Behavior
Apparently no known differences compared to C. lineata.
Breeding
Conservation Status
Not globally threatened (Least Concern). Locally common in the Serra de Baturité, in Ceará, where it has adapted to more degraded areas of habitat; and recently discovered in the nearby Serra do Machado, but not in the Serras de Aratanha and Maranguape. Elsewhere, apparently known from approximately a handful of localities in Alagoas, with no records from neighbouring Sergipe; and only recently discovered in Rio Grande do Norte.