Ihering's Antwren - BirdForum Opus

Myrmotherula iheringi

Includes Bamboo Antwren

Identification

Male mostly slate grey with wing coverts black with white tips, and black throat and upper breast. Tail is short and black. Female similar but with buffy underside and throat (somewhat dirty looking), and some buffy in supercilium and sides of head.

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)

• Southeastern Peru, northern Bolivia (Pando) and adjacent Brazil (eastern Acre)

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

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Ihering's Antwren. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 15 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Ihering%27s_Antwren

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