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La Mesa-El Valle, Panama, June 2011

Myrmeciza laemosticta

Includes Magdalena Antbird

[edit] Identification

13-14cm
Male

• Black grey head, neck, upper mantle
• Black grey to upper belly
• Refous brown on rest of upperparts and underparts
• Black throat
• Irregular black spots on breast
• Cinnamon tipped primary coverts
• Grey underwing coverts
• White patch between shoulders
• Red iris
• Black bill
• Grey feet

Female

• Similar but lighter
• Black throat with white spots

[edit] Distribution

Costa Rica and Panama including Darien.

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.
It was formerly considered conspecific with Magdalena Antbird.

[edit] Habitat

Lowland moist forest, deep ravines and near streams.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

The diet includes spiders, cockroaches, beetles, crickets, woodlice and larvae.

[edit] Breeding

It builds a cup shaped nest. The clutch consists of 2 cinnamon spotted white eggs.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2011. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.10). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
3. Birdforum thread discussing the possible split of this species.
4. Restall et al. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156
5. Wikipedia

• List of references

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