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Alternative name: Pileated Antwren.

Herpsilochmus pileatus

[edit] Identification

11 cm
Male:

• Grey
• Black cap
• Thick black eyestripe
• Black, white-tipped wing coverts and tail feathers
  

Female: similar

• Buffy forehead
• White streaking in the crown
• Dirty white underparts washed with buff in the breast

[edit] Distribution

Coastal eastern Brazil (Bahia south of Salvador)

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic^[1]
Has been considered conspecific with Black-capped Antwren, Creamy-bellied Antwren and Ash-throated Antwren.

[edit] Habitat

Coastal, sandy-soil forests.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes invertebrates.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. SACC proposal to change the name of this species also including information on habitat

• List of references

[edit] External Links

• Arthur Grosset's Birds