Key Identification Features
- Their upperparts are olive brown, with a distinct scaly appearance caused by narrow black borders on each feather.
- apurensis has whiter underparts than the nominate, and its scaly markings are narrow and indistinct.
- Smith, 1836) can be readily identified by its combination of barred, greenish upper plumage and streaked underparts.
- The sexes are most easily distinguished by head markings: the fore-crown of males is red and brown, which differs clearly from the black, white-spotted fore-crown of females.
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