The ruddy foliage-gleaner (Clibanornis rubiginosus) is a species of bird in the family Furnariidae. Its range is highly disjunct, with populations in the highlands of Mexico and Central America, and lowlands and foothills in the Chocó, eastern Andes, and western and northeastern Amazon Basin. It is found in forest. There are distinct vocal variations throughout its range, suggesting that more than one species is involved, and one such population has recently been split from the ruddy foliage-gleaner as the Santa Marta foliage-gleaner.Krabbe, N. (2008). Vocal evidence for restitution of species rank to a Santa Marta endemic: Automolus rufipectus Bangs (Furnariidae), with comments on its generic affinities. Bull. B.O.C. 128(4): 219-227 The ruddy foliage-gleaner has recently been reclassified into the genus Clibanornis.2014 AOU taxonomic changes, Auk 14-24
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Automolus rubiginosus has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
eDNA detections3
Countries1
07Deep time~1.99 Ma lineage
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
DNA clock origin1.99 Ma TimeTree
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
DNA clock origin
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type446 records
Wild obs. + sensor173
Museum / vouchered211
Cultivated / captive43
Other19
Origin
Native23
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO656 km²
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy69% within 1 km
≤100 m 21≤1 km 3≤10 km 11
35 georeferenced · 138 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor173
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy92% within 1 km
≤100 m 134≤1 km 4≤10 km 10>10 km 2
150 georeferenced · 61 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence211
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy
no georeferenced coordinates · 43 records without
Open the mapnot free-living43
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions14 of 23 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
US
32
Delaware Museum of Nature and Sciencelocation not on record
28
Ciudad de México, MX
23
Cambridge, US
17
South Kensington, GB
10
Louisiana State University, Museum of Zoologylocation not on record
8
Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record
7
Philadelphia, US
5
Mexico City, MX
5
Wuzhou, CN
4
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX
4
4
NCBlocation not on record
3
Washington, US
2
Mongolian Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
2
München, DE
2
Mexico City, MX
1
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
1
University of Nebraska at Omahalocation not on record
1
Edmonton, CA
1
St. Paul, US
1
University of Nebraska State Museumlocation not on record
1
Universidad Icesi (ICESI)location not on record
1
23 institutions · 163 of 211 vouchered records shown · 48 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
09Environmental DNA3 detections
Where the DNA of Automolus rubiginosus was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found3
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 3 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median24.0 °C 23.0–25.0
Seasonal swing summer↔winter1.60 °C
Max temp (day)28.3 °C 27.2–29.4
Min temp (night)20.5 °C 19.2–21.7
Precipitation146 mm/mo 139–154
Air humidity64.5 % 63.1–65.8
Moisture balance13.5 mm/mo 11.7–15.2
Vapour deficit1,069 Pa 963–1,174
Wind speed1.40 m/s 1.40–1.50
Cloud cover30.8 % 30.3–31.2
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 2 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
