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| - | [[Image:Dull-mantled_Antbird.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|PanamaHarpy|PanamaHarpy}}<br>Location: La Mesa-El Valle, [[Panama]]]] | + | [[Image:Dull-mantled_Antbird.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|PanamaHarpy|PanamaHarpy}}<br />La Mesa-El Valle, [[Panama]], June 2011]] |
| | ;[[:Category:Myrmeciza|Myrmeciza]] laemosticta | | ;[[:Category:Myrmeciza|Myrmeciza]] laemosticta |
| | '''Includes Magdalena Antbird''' | | '''Includes Magdalena Antbird''' |
| | ==Identification== | | ==Identification== |
| - | 13-14cm. | + | [[Image:Near-endemic Magdalena Antbird - Myrmeciza palliata 1 - Rio Claro Magdalena Valley.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Magdalena Antbird<br />Photo by {{user|COLOMBIA+Birding|COLOMBIA Birding}}<br>Magdalena Valley, [[Colombia]], March 2012]] |
| - | | + | 13-14cm<br /> |
| | '''Male''' | | '''Male''' |
| | *Black grey head, neck, upper mantle | | *Black grey head, neck, upper mantle |
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| | *Black throat | | *Black throat |
| | *Irregular black spots on breast | | *Irregular black spots on breast |
| - | *Cinnamon tipped primary coverts | + | *Cinnamon tipped primary [[Topography#General Anatomy|coverts]] |
| | *Grey underwing coverts | | *Grey underwing coverts |
| | *White patch between shoulders | | *White patch between shoulders |
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| | [[Costa Rica]], [[Panama]], [[Colombia]], and [[Venezuela]]. | | [[Costa Rica]], [[Panama]], [[Colombia]], and [[Venezuela]]. |
| | ==Taxonomy== | | ==Taxonomy== |
| | + | ====Subspecies==== |
| | Two subspecies are recognized<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>: | | Two subspecies are recognized<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>: |
| | *''M. l. laemosticta'' | | *''M. l. laemosticta'' |
| - | **Costa Rica and Panama including Darien | + | **[[Costa Rica]] and [[Panama]] including Darien |
| | *''M. l. palliata'' (formerly recognized subspecies ''bolivari, venezuelae'' included here; however Restall states that these two may be identical but different from ''palliata'') | | *''M. l. palliata'' (formerly recognized subspecies ''bolivari, venezuelae'' included here; however Restall states that these two may be identical but different from ''palliata'') |
| - | **Colombia and Venezuela | + | **[[Colombia]] and [[Venezuela]] |
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| | A proposal has been made to split these into two species with the second part becoming Magdalena Antbird (''Myrmeciza palliata''). Gill and Donsker accept this split. | | A proposal has been made to split these into two species with the second part becoming Magdalena Antbird (''Myrmeciza palliata''). Gill and Donsker accept this split. |
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| | Lowland moist forest, deep ravines and near streams. | | Lowland moist forest, deep ravines and near streams. |
| | ==Behaviour== | | ==Behaviour== |
| | + | ====Diet==== |
| | The diet includes spiders, cockroaches, beetles, crickets, woodlice and larvae. | | The diet includes spiders, cockroaches, beetles, crickets, woodlice and larvae. |
| - | | + | ====Breeding==== |
| - | It builds a cup shaped nest; 2 white, cinnamon spotted eggs are laid. | + | It builds a cup shaped nest. The clutch consists of 2 cinnamon spotted white eggs. |
| | ==References== | | ==References== |
| - | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug11}}#{{Ref-GillDonsker11V2.10}}}#[http://birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=2005382 Birdforum thread] discussing the possible split of this species. | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug11}}#{{Ref-GillDonsker11V2.10}}#[http://birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=2005382 Birdforum thread] discussing the possible split of this species. |
| | # Restall et al. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156 | | # Restall et al. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156 |
| - | Wikipedia | + | #Wikipedia |
| | + | {{ref}} |
| | ==External Links== | | ==External Links== |
| | {{GSearch|Myrmeciza+laemosticta}} | | {{GSearch|Myrmeciza+laemosticta}} |
| | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Myrmeciza]] | | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Myrmeciza]] |
A proposal has been made to split these into two species with the second part becoming Magdalena Antbird (Myrmeciza palliata). Gill and Donsker accept this split.
The diet includes spiders, cockroaches, beetles, crickets, woodlice and larvae.
It builds a cup shaped nest. The clutch consists of 2 cinnamon spotted white eggs.
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