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[[Image:Rendadinho-do-xingu -birdforum.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Luiz|Luiz}}<br />Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Mato Grosso, [[Brazil]], September 2014]]
 
;[[:Category:Willisornis|Willisornis]] vidua
 
;[[:Category:Willisornis|Willisornis]] vidua
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
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12–13 cm
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*Dark grey head
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*Dark grey upper parts with white feather edges
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*Black tail with central white spot
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
Found in eastern Amazonian [[Brazil]] south of Amazon river.
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[[South America]]: found in eastern Amazonian [[Brazil]] south of Amazon river.
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
Two subspecies recognized:
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Was formerly included in [[Scale-backed Antbird]] together with [[Common Scale-backed Antbird]].
* ''W. v. nigrigula'' in south-central Amazonian Brazil
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* ''W. v. vidua'' in south-east Amazonian Brazil
 
Was formerly included in [[Scale-backed Antbird]] together with [[Common Scale-backed Antbird]].<br />
 
 
Formerly placed in genus ''[[:Category:Hylophylax|Hylophylax]]''.
 
Formerly placed in genus ''[[:Category:Hylophylax|Hylophylax]]''.
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====Subspecies====
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Two subspecies recognized<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
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* ''W. v. nigrigula'' in south-central Amazonian Brazil,  from the east bank for the Rio Canumã to both banks of Rio Tapajos, and the east bank of the Rio Teles Pires
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* ''W. v. vidua'' in south-east Amazonian Brazil,  south of River Amazon (River Xingú to western Maranhão)
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
 
Moist lowland forests.
 
Moist lowland forests.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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====Diet====
 
Follows army ant swarms, but generally not found near the center of the swarm
 
Follows army ant swarms, but generally not found near the center of the swarm
 
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====Breeding====
 
They build cup shaped nests.
 
They build cup shaped nests.
 
==References==
 
==References==
# Clements, James F. 2007. ''The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World''. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug14}}#SACC [http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCprop286.html proposal no 286] and [http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCprop340.html proposal no 340] to change genus of this species
#SACC [http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCprop286.html proposal no 286] and [http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCprop340.html proposal no 340] to change genus of this species
 
 
#[http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=192749 Birdforum thread] discussing splitting Scale-backed Antbird
 
#[http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=192749 Birdforum thread] discussing splitting Scale-backed Antbird
 
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Willisornis]]

Latest revision as of 19:47, 22 February 2015

Photo by Luiz
Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Mato Grosso, Brazil, September 2014
Willisornis vidua

Identification

12–13 cm

  • Dark grey head
  • Dark grey upper parts with white feather edges
  • Black tail with central white spot

Distribution

South America: found in eastern Amazonian Brazil south of Amazon river.

Taxonomy

Was formerly included in Scale-backed Antbird together with Common Scale-backed Antbird.

Formerly placed in genus Hylophylax.

Subspecies

Two subspecies recognized[1]:

  • W. v. nigrigula in south-central Amazonian Brazil, from the east bank for the Rio Canumã to both banks of Rio Tapajos, and the east bank of the Rio Teles Pires
  • W. v. vidua in south-east Amazonian Brazil, south of River Amazon (River Xingú to western Maranhão)

Habitat

Moist lowland forests.

Behaviour

Diet

Follows army ant swarms, but generally not found near the center of the swarm

Breeding

They build cup shaped nests.

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. SACC proposal no 286 and proposal no 340 to change genus of this species
  3. Birdforum thread discussing splitting Scale-backed Antbird

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