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RUFOUS-BROWED PEPPERSHRIKE Cyclarhis gujanensis
A bird that never tires of the sound of his own voice, the Peppershrike melodic, but monotonous phrases ring out minute after minute, hour after hour throughout the year wherever the species is present. However for such a handsome and common bird he is surprisingly difficult to observe, skulking sluggishly in dense vegetation where his plumage provides him with excellent camouflage. An adaptable bird, the Peppershrike is found throughout the country from the driest areas of the Chaco, to the wettest humid forests and even in urban areas.
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FIGURE 1 - Adult ventral, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Sylvia Qu June 2008 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 2 - Adult, Laguna Captian, Cuenca Upper Yacare Sur (Paul Smith October 2007).
FIGURE 3 - Same individual dorsal (Paul Smith October 2007).
FIGURE 4 - Same individual lateral (Paul Smith October 2007).
VIDEO - Same individual as Figs 2-4 singing (Paul Smith October 2007).
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Cyclarhis gujanensis
1 Two birds giving different calls answering each other recorded PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2007 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
2 Different call PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Alberto Esquivel June 2007 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database)
Click the links to hear the calls. Longer versions of this call can be downloaded from the Paraguay page of our partner website www.xeno-canto.org - the largest collection of freely downloadable Neotropical bird calls available online.