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[[Image:Dull-mantled Antbird Panama.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Stanley+Jones|Stanley Jones}}<br />Altos del Maria north of El Valle de Antón, Coclé Province, [[Panama]] March 3013]]
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;[[:Category:Sipia|Sipia]] laemosticta
 
 
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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13-14cm<br />
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'''Male'''
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*Black grey head, neck, upper mantle
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*Black grey to upper belly
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*Refous brown on rest of upperparts and underparts
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*Black throat
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*Irregular black spots on breast
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[[Image:Dull Mantled Antbird RN Costa Rica.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|Stanley+Jones|Stanley Jones}}<br />[[Rancho Naturalista]],Tayutic, Cartago Province, [[Costa Rica]], February 2014]]
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*Cinnamon tipped primary [[Topography#General Anatomy|coverts]]
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*Grey underwing coverts
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*White patch between shoulders
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*Red iris
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*Black bill
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*Grey feet
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'''Female'''
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*Similar but lighter
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*Black throat with white spots
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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[[Costa Rica]] and [[Panama]] including Darien.
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.<br />
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It was formerly considered conspecific with [[Magdalena Antbird]].<br />
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Formerly placed in genus ''[[:Category:Myrmeciza|Myrmeciza]]'' by Gill and Donsker.
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Lowland montane cloud forest, deep ravines and near streams. Riparian with dense understory. Observed at heights around 1,100 m.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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====Diet====
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The diet includes spiders, cockroaches, beetles, crickets, woodlice and larvae.
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====Breeding====
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It builds a cup shaped nest. The clutch consists of 2 cinnamon spotted white eggs.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug17}}#{{Ref-GillDonsker11V2.10}}#[http://birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=2005382 Birdforum thread] discussing the possible split of this species.
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# Restall et al. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156
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#BF Member observations
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#Wikipedia
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
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{{GSearch|Sipia+laemosticta}}
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Missing Images]]
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Sipia]]

Revision as of 21:06, 5 February 2018

Photo by Stanley Jones
Altos del Maria north of El Valle de Antón, Coclé Province, Panama March 3013
Sipia laemosticta

Identification

13-14cm
Male

  • Black grey head, neck, upper mantle
  • Black grey to upper belly
  • Refous brown on rest of upperparts and underparts
  • Black throat
  • Irregular black spots on breast
Female
Photo by Stanley Jones
Rancho Naturalista,Tayutic, Cartago Province, Costa Rica, February 2014
  • Cinnamon tipped primary coverts
  • Grey underwing coverts
  • White patch between shoulders
  • Red iris
  • Black bill
  • Grey feet

Female

  • Similar but lighter
  • Black throat with white spots

Distribution

Costa Rica and Panama including Darien.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].
It was formerly considered conspecific with Magdalena Antbird.
Formerly placed in genus Myrmeciza by Gill and Donsker.

Habitat

Lowland montane cloud forest, deep ravines and near streams. Riparian with dense understory. Observed at heights around 1,100 m.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes spiders, cockroaches, beetles, crickets, woodlice and larvae.

Breeding

It builds a cup shaped nest. The clutch consists of 2 cinnamon spotted white eggs.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2011. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.10). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
  3. Birdforum thread discussing the possible split of this species.
  4. Restall et al. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156
  5. BF Member observations
  6. Wikipedia

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