Birds of Costa Rica

    PASSERIFORMES: Furnariidae (Ovenbirds)  
Genus: Sclerurus (3 species, 7 worldwide)

Sclerurus is a genus of 'ovenbirds' (family Furnariidae) which as the name suggests stay on the forest floor and look under leaves, and are generally difficult to see well.


Grey-throated Leaftosser
Grey-throated Leaftosser (Sclerurus albigularis propinquus) Near Threatened
ProAves El Dorado Reserve, Santa Marta Sierra Nevada, Magdalena, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Grey-throated Leaftosser
Grey-throated Leaftosser (Sclerurus albigularis) Near Threatened
Padilla, Bolivia  
   
Photograph by Joe Tobias   © All Rights Reserved.


Scaly-throated Leaftosser
Scaly-throated Leaftosser (Sclerurus guatemalensis salvini)
Darien National Park, Panama  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Tawny-throated Leaftosser
Tawny-throated Leaftosser (Sclerurus mexicanus mexicanus)
El Triunfo, Chiapas, Mexico  
   
Photograph by Jorge Montejo     Copyright and usage info



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