- Hylophylax naevius
Identification
10·5–11·5 cm
- Grey face
- Black throat
- Large black spots across its white breast
- Large buff spots on upperparts
- Brownish white tipped tail
- Three distinct buff-white wing-bars
- Buff tips to the tertials
- Pinkish legs
- Greyish iris
The female is similar but has a white throat with black malar stripe, buff wing-markings and is mostly ochraceous below.
Distribution
South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 5 subspecies[1]:
- H. n. naevius:
- H. n. theresae:
- Southern Ecuador to northern Peru (Loreto) and western Amazonian Brazil
- H. n. peruvianus:
- Foothills of northern Peru (Amazonas and San Martín)
- H. n. inexpectatus:
- South-eastern Peru to extreme south-western Amazonian Brazil and north-western Bolivia
- H. n. ochraceus:
- South-eastern Amazonian Brazil (River Tapajós to River Tocantins, south to northern Mato Grosso)
Habitat
Humid lowland and foothill evergreen forests
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists of a wide variety of insects and spiders.
References
- 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/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved May 2015)
- Arthur Grosset
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Spot-backed Antbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Spot-backed_Antbird
