Birds of Ecuador

    PASSERIFORMES: Furnariidae (Ovenbirds)  
Genus: Pseudocolaptes (2 species, 3 worldwide)



Streaked Tuftedcheek
Streaked Tuftedcheek (Pseudocolaptes boissonneautii boissonneautii)
San Felix, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

From front.

Pacific Tuftedcheek
Pacific Tuftedcheek (Pseudocolaptes johnsoni)
ProAves Tangaras Reserve, El Carmen de Atrato, Choco, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Tuftedcheeks have eyes that face forward like raptors.


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