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Myrmotherula iheringi

Includes Bamboo Antwren

Identification

8.5-9.5 cm, 3.35-3.74 inches, 7.5-9 g, 0.26-0.32 oz

Male

  • Slate grey above with concealed white interscapular patch
  • Black wing-coverts with white tips giving spotted look
  • White under-wing coverts
  • Black throat, upper breast and middle of lower breast. Degree of black variable
  • Centre of belly whitish
  • Remainder of underparts grey
  • Tail is short

Female

  • Light blue-grey above
  • Whitish throat
  • Pale yellowish-brown underside (somewhat dirty looking),
  • Some degree of yellowish-brown in supercilium and sides of head.

Subadult male

  • Same as female, but;
  • Throat with black blotches

Subspecies

  • M. i. heteroptera female has underparts with orangey-yellow hue and yellowish-brown tips to wing-coverts

Distribution

Lowlands of eastern Peru, northernmost Bolivia and south of Rio Amazon half way to the east coast of Brazil

Taxonomy

Myrmotherula iheringi has three subpecies:[1] M. i. heteroptera

  • South-western Amazonian Brazil to south-eastern Peru (Madre de Dios) and north-western Bolivia

M. i. iheringi

  • South-central Amazonian Brazil

M. i. oreni (originally described as new species, Bamboo Antwren)

Habitat

Lowland forests, especially found in understory.

Behaviour

Likes to search food on undersides of vines and branches (especially dead).

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. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2014. IOC World Bird Names (version 4.3). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
  3. Morton & Stutchbury (2001): Behavioral Ecology of Tropical Birds. Academic Press. ISBN 0-12-675556-6
  4. Ridgely and Tudor 2009. Field guide to the songbirds of South America - The Passerines. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-71979-8

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