Dull-mantled Antbird - BirdForum Opus

Photo by PanamaHarpy
La Mesa-El Valle, Panama, June 2011

Myrmeciza laemosticta

Includes Magdalena Antbird

Identification

13-14cm
Male

• Black grey head, neck, upper mantle
• Black grey to upper belly
• Refous brown on rest of upperparts and underparts
• Black throat
• Irregular black spots on breast
• Cinnamon tipped primary coverts
• Grey underwing coverts
• White patch between shoulders
• Red iris
• Black bill
• Grey feet

Female

• Similar but lighter
• Black throat with white spots

Distribution

Costa Rica and Panama including Darien.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.
It was formerly considered conspecific with Magdalena Antbird.

Habitat

Lowland moist forest, deep ravines and near streams.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes spiders, cockroaches, beetles, crickets, woodlice and larvae.

Breeding

It builds a cup shaped nest. The clutch consists of 2 cinnamon spotted white eggs.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2011. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.10). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
3. Birdforum thread discussing the possible split of this species.
4. Restall et al. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156
5. Wikipedia

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Dull-mantled Antbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 15 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Dull-mantled_Antbird

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