Black-cheeked Gnateater
Conopophaga melanops (Vieillot, 1818)
Conopophagidae — Gnateaters
Black-cheeked Gnateater, Conopophaga melanops, breeds in eastern and south-eastern Brazil and belongs to the gnateater family. It was described by Vieillot in 1818. In this bird, the male stands out with an orange crown, a black face and cheeks, and a white throat. The female is plainer, with brown plumage. Its range runs from Paraíba to Santa Catarina, and it lives in moist lowland forest, mainly in the understorey and on the forest floor.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Conopophagidae — Gnateaters
- Breeding range
- South America: e, se Brazil
