- Sipia palliata
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
Found in central and northern Colombia and adjacent nortwest Venezuela.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
It was formerly considered conspecific with Dull-mantled Antbird.
Formerly placed in genus Myrmeciza by Gill and Donsker.
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
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2011. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.10). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
- Birdforum thread discussing the possible split of this species.
- Restall et al. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156
- Wikipedia
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Magdalena Antbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 12 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Magdalena_Antbird
