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'''Alternate name: Marsh Wren'''
[[Image:3468marsh antbird female.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Peter Bono<br />Female bird, Photo taken: coast of Parana, Brazil]]
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[[Image:Parana_Antwren.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|amaizlish|amaizlish}} <br /> Itapoa, SC, [[Brazil]]]]
[[Image:3468marsh antbird male2.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Peter Bono<br />May be the only photo on the web of this male as the species, newly-discovered, is Globally Endangered and probably already on the way to extinction because of habitat destruction: Photo taken: coast of Parana, Brazil]]
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;[[:Category:Stymphalornis|Stymphalornis]] acutirostris
  
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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[[Image:3468marsh antbird female.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female <br />Photo by {{user|pbono|Peter R. Bono}} coast of Parana, [[Brazil]]]]
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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==
Globally Endangered and probably already on the way to extinction because of habitat destruction
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Southeastern [[Brazil]] (São Paulo) and southern [[Brazil]] (Paraná and extreme northeastern Santa Catarina). Endangered.
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==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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Two subspecies recognized:
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* ''S. a. acutirostris'' in southern [[Brazil]] (Paraná and extreme northeastern Santa Catarina)
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* ''S. a. paludicola'' in southeastern [[Brazil]] (São Paulo)
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Marshland, riverine and mangrove swamps.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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[[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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====Diet====
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Eats insects and other arthropods.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug14}}#Birdlife
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# 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
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# [http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=357076 Gallery photo] of bird from the Sao Paolo population
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Stymphalornis+acutirostris}}
 
{{GSearch|Stymphalornis+acutirostris}}
  
[[Category:Birds]]
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Stymphalornis]]

Revision as of 10:44, 24 August 2014

Alternate name: Marsh Wren

Female
Photo by amaizlish
Itapoa, SC, Brazil
Stymphalornis acutirostris

Identification

Female
Photo by 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.

Distribution

Southeastern Brazil (São Paulo) and southern Brazil (Paraná and extreme northeastern Santa Catarina). Endangered.

Taxonomy

Two subspecies recognized:

  • S. a. acutirostris in southern Brazil (Paraná and extreme northeastern Santa Catarina)
  • S. a. paludicola in southeastern Brazil (São Paulo)

Habitat

Marshland, riverine and mangrove swamps.

Behaviour

Male
Photo by Peter R. Bono
Coast of Parana, Brazil

Diet

Eats insects and other arthropods.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Birdlife
  3. 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
  4. Gallery photo of bird from the Sao Paolo population

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