Listen to the Orange-fronted plushcrown
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About the Orange-fronted plushcrown
The Orange-fronted plushcrown is a bird in the family Furnariidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults weigh around 11 g.
What does the Orange-fronted plushcrown sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as call and calls. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The orange-fronted plushcrown (Metopothrix aurantiaca) is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
More from the family Furnariidae
Rufous hornero
Furnarius rufus
Red-billed scythebill
Campylorhamphus trochilirostris
Chestnut-winged hookbill
Ancistrops strigilatus
Pale-legged hornero
Furnarius leucopus
Brown-capped tit-spinetail
Leptasthenura fuliginiceps
Sharp-tailed streamcreeper
Lochmias nematura
Elegant woodcreeper
Xiphorhynchus elegans
Slender-billed miner
Geositta tenuirostris
Ruddy foliage-gleaner
Clibanornis rubiginosus
Rufous-rumped foliage-gleaner
Philydor erythrocercum
Lesser hornero
Furnarius minor
Scaly-throated foliage-gleaner
Anabacerthia variegaticeps
Frequently asked questions
What does an Orange-fronted plushcrown sound like?
You can hear 2 recordings of the Orange-fronted plushcrown on this page, including its call and calls. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the Orange-fronted plushcrown endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Orange-fronted plushcrown as “least concern”.
What family does the Orange-fronted plushcrown belong to?
The Orange-fronted plushcrown (Metopothrix aurantiaca) belongs to the family Furnariidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Call · Napo: km 1.5 Inchillaqui road near Archidona, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Calls · Orellana: 'Maxus' road km 37 (27 km SSE Pompeya), Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q574607 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Orange-fronted plushcrown – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Hector Bottai – CC BY-SA 4.0