Scaled Antbird - BirdForum Opus

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Male
Photo by Francisco Paludo
Sooretama Biological Reserve, ES, Brazil

Drymophila squamata

Identification

Black upperparts with white spots and a white supercilium. Two white wing-bars and the tail is barred white. White underparts with bold black spots. The female is similar but the black is replaced by brown and the white by buff.

Distribution

Brazil.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies^[1]:

• D. s. squamata:

• East Brazil (eastern Alagoas and eastern Bahia)

• D. s. stictocorypha:

• South East Brazil (eastern Minas Gerais to north-eastern Santa Catarina)

Habitat

Moist lowland forests.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Scaled Antbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 1 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Scaled_Antbird

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