- Drymophila devillei
Identification
13-14 cm.
Male
- Black crown and anterior upperparts, streaked white
- White interscapular patch
- Deep rufous rump
- Black wings with white tipped coverts (forming wingbars) and rufous edged flight-feathers
- Black graduated tail with white spots
- White throat, white breast streaked black
- Rufous flanks and crissum
- subochracea has more uniformely ochraceous buff to rufous-buff underparts, is paler on throat and belly and has ochraceous wing edgings
Female
- Similar to male
- White of upperside replaced by light rufous-buff, black replaced by blackish-brown
- Rufous-buff tinge on underside and paler flankes
- female subochracea is more ochraceous
Similar species
Long-tailed Antbird has a rufous tinge on back, less black in longer tail, a streaked throat and is more streaked below.
Distribution
Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador and southern Colombia.
Locally fairly common in its patchy range.
Taxonomy
Two subspecies recognized:
- D. d. devillei from south-central Colombia to east Peru, northern Bolivia and southwest Amazonian Brazil
- D. d. subochracea in south-central Amazonian Brazil and northeast Bolivia (northeast Santa Cruz)
Habitat
Stands of guadua bamboo in lowland and foothill evergreen forest. Occurs up to 1000 m.
Behaviour
Feeds on insects, probably also on spiders.
Forages in pairs or family groups mostly 5 to 10 m above the ground. Sometimes in mixed-species flocks with other insectivores as these move through its territory.
Breeding
Not well known. One record of a doomed nest in bamboo.
Movements
Presumably a resident species.
References
- 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/
- Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2017. IOC World Bird Names (version 7.1). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Striated Antbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 13 October 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Striated_Antbird
