Ovenbirds

Spotted Barbtail

Premnoplex brunnescens

The Spotted Barbtail (Premnoplex brunnescens) is a 16 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Ovenbirds

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

16 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

7

Recorded in Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela.

Where to see it: Reserva Mashpi-Amagusa (Sergio y Doris) (Ecuador); Curi-Cancha Refugio de Vida Silvestre (Costa Rica); Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge & Manu Paradise Lodge (Peru); Cabañas San Isidro (Ecuador); Refugio Paz de las Aves (Angel Paz) (Ecuador).

Photo: (c) Rose Zappa, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist