Thrush-like Antpitta - BirdForum Opus

Photo by Anselmo d Affonseca
Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, October 2014

Myrmothera campanisona

Identification

15 cm (6 in)

• Yellowy-brown lores
• Small white post ocular spot
• Mottled brown and white moustachial area

Distribution

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

Taxonomy

Tapajos Antpitta has recently been split from this species.

Subspecies

There are 5 subecies^[1]:

• M. c. modesta:

• Base of Eastern Andes of south-eastern Colombia (south from Meta)

• M. c. dissors:

• Eastern Colombia to southern Venezuela and north-western Amazonian Brazil

• M. c. campanisona:

South-East Venezuela to the Guianas and adjacent northern Brazil

• M. c. signata:

• Tropical eastern Ecuador and north-eastern Peru (north of River Amazon)

• M. c. minor:

• Tropical eastern Peru to extreme north-western Bolivia and western Amazonian Brazil

Habitat

Thick undergrown of terra firma forest floor. Also along stream edges.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of beetles. ants, millipedes and grasshoppers.

Breeding

They build a cup nest constructed from twigs and rootets.

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. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved September 2016)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Thrush-like Antpitta. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 3 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Thrush-like_Antpitta

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