Black-chinned Antbird - BirdForum Opus

Photo by arthurgrosset
São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil, August 2004

Hypocnemoides melanopogon

Identification

• 2-3 white wing-bars
• Narrow white tail-tips
• Pale blue iris
  

Male: black throat patch
Female: a grey scaly throat

Similar Species

Silvered Antbird

Female
Photo by Aracari
Serra do Aracá, AM, Brazil, February 2007

Distribution

South America: found in Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil

Taxonomy

Subspecies^[1]

There are 2 subspecies:

• H. m. melanopogon:

• Eastern Colombia to the Guianas and northern Brazil north of the River Amazon

• H. m. minor: smaller than the nominate race

• South-central Amazonian Brazil

A third subspecies occidentalis, is not recognised by all authorities^[1]

Habitat

Swamps.

Behaviour

It is always found near water, hopping on logs or in low shrubs.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase
3. Arthur Grosset
4. Wikipedia

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Black-chinned Antbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 24 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-chinned_Antbird

External Links

• Arthur Grosset's Birds

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