- Myrmeciza 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
- 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, Panama, Colombia, and Venezuela.
Taxonomy
There are 4 subspecies.
Habitat
Lowland moist forest, deep ravines and near streams.
Behaviour
The diet includes spiders, cockroaches, beetles, crickets, woodlice and larvae.
It builds a cup shaped nest; 2 white, cinnamon spotted eggs are laid.
References
Wikipedia
