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Myrmotherula menetriesii

[edit] Identification

Male is medium grey with slightly paler underside and hints of supercilium. On wings, a black wing band above a white one, and some black and white on the smallest coverts. Female similar but with buff underside, side of head and supercilium.

Variation: south of the Rio Amazonas, the male has black throat and upper breast.

[edit] Distribution

South America: found in Amazonian Brazil and neighboring lowlands of Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

• M. m. pallida:

• Eastern Colombia to south-western Venezuela, north-eastern Peru and north-western Brazil

• M. m. cinereiventris:

• South-eastern Venezuela to the Guianas and north-eastern Amazonian Brazil

• M. m. menetriesii:

• Eastern Peru south of River Amazon to north-western Bolivia and south-western Amazonian Brazil

• M. m. berlepschi :

• South-central Amazonian Brazil (R. Madeira to R. Tapajós), northern Bolivia

• M. m. omissa:

• North-eastern Brazil (R. Tapajós to western Maranhão)

[edit] Habitat

Humid forest in lowlands

[edit] Behaviour

Feeds higher in the forest than Long-winged Antwren and White-flanked Antwren where these occur together.

Tends to flick its tail sideways.

[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. Ridgely and Tudor 2009. Field guide to the songbirds of South America - The Passerines. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-71979-8
3. Morton & Stutchbury (2001): Behavioral Ecology of Tropical Birds. Academic Press. ISBN 0-12-675556-6
4. Avibase

• List of references

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