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| − | [[Image:Parana_Antwren.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|amaizlish|amaizlish}} | + | '''Alternate name: Marsh Wren''' |
| + | [[Image:Parana_Antwren.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|amaizlish|amaizlish}} <br /> Itapoa, SC, [[Brazil]]]] | ||
;[[:Category:Stymphalornis|Stymphalornis]] acutirostris | ;[[:Category:Stymphalornis|Stymphalornis]] acutirostris | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | [[Image:3468marsh antbird female.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female <br />Photo by {{user|pbono|Peter R. Bono}} coast of Parana, [[Brazil]]]] | ||
Male brownish upperside, greyish underside, shoulder black with white spots. Female similar upperside, streaked black and paler underside. The white dots on the shoulder may come together as two white wing bars. | Male brownish upperside, greyish underside, shoulder black with white spots. Female similar upperside, streaked black and paler underside. The white dots on the shoulder may come together as two white wing bars. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
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| − | This is a [[Dictionary_M- | + | This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>. |
The population in Sao Paolo might be a different subspecies or species, more work is needed. | The population in Sao Paolo might be a different subspecies or species, more work is needed. | ||
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Marshland, riverine and mangrove swamps. | Marshland, riverine and mangrove swamps. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | [[Image:3468marsh antbird male2.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Male<br />Photo by {{user|pbono|Peter R. Bono}} <br />Coast of Parana, [[Brazil]]]] | ||
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Eats insects and other arthropods. | Eats insects and other arthropods. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 18:48, 12 July 2014
Alternate name: Marsh Wren
- Stymphalornis acutirostris
Identification
Male brownish upperside, greyish underside, shoulder black with white spots. Female similar upperside, streaked black and paler underside. The white dots on the shoulder may come together as two white wing bars.
Distribution
Southeastern Brazil (São Paulo) and southern Brazil (Paraná and extreme northeastern Santa Catarina). Endangered.
Taxonomy
The population in Sao Paolo might be a different subspecies or species, more work is needed.
Habitat
Marshland, riverine and mangrove swamps.
Behaviour
Diet
Eats insects and other arthropods.
References
- Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
- Birdlife
- Ber van Perlo. 2009. A field guide to the Birds of Brazil. Oxford University Press, New York, NY, USA. ISBN 978-0-19-530155-7
- Gallery photo of bird from the Sao Paolo population
