Hooded gnateater
{{Short description|Species of bird in Brazil}}
{{Use American English|date=May 2021}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Hooded gnateater
| image = Chupa dente de capuz.jpg
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Conopophaga
| species = roberti
| authority = Hellmayr, 1905
| synonyms =
| range_map = Conopophaga roberti map.svg
}}
The hooded gnateater (Conopophaga roberti) is a species of bird in the family Conopophagidae. It is endemic to northern Brazil.{{cite web |url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/ |title=IOC World Bird List (v 11.1) |last1=Gill |first1= F. |last2=Donsker|first2=D.|last3=Rasmussen |first3=P. |date=January 2021 |access-date=January 14, 2021 }}
Taxonomy and systematics
The hooded gnateater is monotypic.
Description
The hooded gnateater is {{convert|11|to|14|cm|in|abbr=on}} long. Seven specimens that included both sexes weighed between {{convert|20.8|and|25.0|g|oz|abbr=on}}. The male's head, neck, and lower breast are black except for a small white tuft behind the eye. Its upper parts are brown, the flanks are gray, and the belly is white. The female has an extensive rufous crown, brown back, and pale gray face, throat, and underside.Greeney, H. F. (2020). Hooded Gnateater (Conopophaga roberti), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.hoogna1.01 retrieved May 6, 2021
Distribution and habitat
The hooded gnateater is found in northeastern Brazil south of the Amazon River in eastern Pará through much of Maranhão and Piauí into western Ceará. In elevation it ranges from sea level to approximately {{convert|300|m|ft|abbr=on}}. It inhabits primary forest and mature secondary forest, both evergreen and seasonally dry. It prefers dense vegetation.
Behavior
=Feeding=
The hooded gnateater's diet is known to be mostly small arthropods, though it has not been described in detail.
=Breeding=
=Vocalization=
Status
The IUCN has assessed the hooded gnateater to be of Least Concern, though it was originally assessed as Threatened. Some researchers have suggested that it should be rated Near Threatened.