Rufous-capped Antthrush - BirdForum Opus

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Photo by jarbas mattos
Caraguatatuba, São Paulo, Brazil, July 2011

Formicarius colma

Identification

• Brown upperparts
• Black head, throat and breast
• Dark grey underparts

Distribution

South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 4 subspecies:

• F. c. colma:

• Eastern Colombia to southern Venezuela, the Guianas, Brazil north of River Amazon

• F. c. nigrifrons:

• Eastern Ecuador to eastern Peru, northern Bolivia and Brazil south of River Amazon

• F. c. amazonicus:

• Brazil south of River Amazon (River Madeira to north-western Maranhão, southern Mato Grosso)

• F. c. ruficeps:

• Coastal eastern and south-eastern Brazil (Pernambuco to Rio Grande do Sul)

Habitat

Rain forests.

Behaviour

Diet

They forage amongst the leaf litter for ants and grasshoppers.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
2. Avibase
3. Arthur Grosset
4. Wikipedia

• List of references

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