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Rufous-margined Antwren - BirdForum Opus

Photo © by Luiz
Peruibe, SP, Brazil, 18 November, 2009
Herpsilochmus rufimarginatus

Identification

10-12 cm.

  • Upperside mostly grey in male, more olive to brownish in female
  • Folded wings have coverts black with white edges forming two white wing bars on black background, and a bright rufous panel from the edges of the flight feathers
  • Tail dark grey with white tip and outer edge
  • Underside pale yellowish, more olive on flanks
  • Head is mostly mottled medium grey and with black stripe through eye; this is well separated from the crown which is black in male and rufous-brown in female
Photo © by Fritz73
Camacan, Brazil, 6 September, 2017

Similar species

Other Antwrens and Rufous-winged Tyrannulet.

Distribution

Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay. In all areas local but can be locally common. Some populations are widely separated from all others.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

  • H.r. rufimarginatus

Habitat

Forests including secondgrowth, both interiors and less often borders, in foothills and lowland.

Behaviour

The diet includes insects and other smaller invertebrates. Frequently is found in mixed species flocks while feeding.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. del Hoyo, J., K. Zimmer, N. Collar, M.L. Isler, G. M. Kirwan, and P. F. D. Boesman (2021). Rufous-margined Antwren (Herpsilochmus rufimarginatus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (H. F. Greeney, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.ruwant4.01

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