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[[Image:IMG 7245 t filtered s .jpg|thumb|400px|right|Male, Subspecies ''schisticolor''<br />Photo by {{user|Pitter|Pitter}}<br />Dapa, Valle de Cauca, [[Colombia]], December 2013]]
 
;[[:Category:Myrmotherula|Myrmotherula]] schisticolor
 
;[[:Category:Myrmotherula|Myrmotherula]] schisticolor
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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10 cm.  Dark slate, black throat and breast, black wings with white spots, and a concealed white shoulder patch.  The adult female is olive-brown above and buff-brown below, paler on the throat. Young males are darker, duller and greyer than the adult female.
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9–10 cm (3½-4 in)<br />
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'''Male nominate'''
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*Dark grey overall plumage
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*Darker wings
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*Black throat and upper breast
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*White interscapular patch usually hidden
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*White spots on wings<br />
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'''Female'''
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*Olive-brown upperparts
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*Buffish underparts
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*Pale throat<br />
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'''Juvenile male''': darker, duller and greyer than the female
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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[[Image:Slaty Antwren Myrmotherula schisticolor female 1.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female, Subspecies ''schisticolor''<br />Photo by {{user|PanamaHarpy|PanamaHarpy}}<br />Parque Metropolitano, [[Panama]], April 2016]]
 
Southern [[Mexico]] to western [[Ecuador]] and eastern [[Peru]].
 
Southern [[Mexico]] to western [[Ecuador]] and eastern [[Peru]].
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==Taxonomy==
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====Subspecies====
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There are 3 subspecies:
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*''M. s. schisticolor'':
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:*Extreme south-eastern [[Mexico]] (Chiapas) to western [[Ecuador]] (south to Loja)
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*''M. s. sanctaemartae'':
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:*North-east [[Colombia]] (Santa Marta Mountains) and mountains of northern [[Venezuela]]
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*''M. s. interior'':
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:*Andean slopes from eastern Colombia to southern [[Peru]] (Puno)
  
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==Taxonomy==
 
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Wet forest.
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They are to be found in the understory of foothill and montane evergreen forests; also in nearby second growth woods.
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==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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The diet includes insects and spiders, taken from foliage.
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====Diet====
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There is little information published, but they are known to eat insects and spiders.
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====Breeding====
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It builds a deep pouch nest from plant fibres which is suspended from the fork of a thin twig less than 2 m up. 2 red-brown spotted white eggs are laid and incubated by both sexes  The male and female parents both feed the chicks.
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They create a deep cup nest from plant fibres and rhizomes. It is suspended from a thin twig not far from the ground. The clutch consists of 2 reddish-brown white eggs, which is incubated by both adults and they both feed the nestlings.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug15}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved April 2016)
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#Wikipedia
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Myrmotherula+schisticolor}}
 
{{GSearch|Myrmotherula+schisticolor}}
  
  
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Missing Images]] [[Category:Myrmotherula]]
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Myrmotherula]]

Latest revision as of 20:27, 8 April 2016

Male, Subspecies schisticolor
Photo by Pitter
Dapa, Valle de Cauca, Colombia, December 2013
Myrmotherula schisticolor

Identification

9–10 cm (3½-4 in)
Male nominate

  • Dark grey overall plumage
  • Darker wings
  • Black throat and upper breast
  • White interscapular patch usually hidden
  • White spots on wings

Female

  • Olive-brown upperparts
  • Buffish underparts
  • Pale throat

Juvenile male: darker, duller and greyer than the female

Distribution

Female, Subspecies schisticolor
Photo by PanamaHarpy
Parque Metropolitano, Panama, April 2016

Southern Mexico to western Ecuador and eastern Peru.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 3 subspecies:

  • M. s. schisticolor:
  • Extreme south-eastern Mexico (Chiapas) to western Ecuador (south to Loja)
  • M. s. sanctaemartae:
  • M. s. interior:
  • Andean slopes from eastern Colombia to southern Peru (Puno)

Habitat

They are to be found in the understory of foothill and montane evergreen forests; also in nearby second growth woods.

Behaviour

Diet

There is little information published, but they are known to eat insects and spiders.

Breeding

They create a deep cup nest from plant fibres and rhizomes. It is suspended from a thin twig not far from the ground. The clutch consists of 2 reddish-brown white eggs, which is incubated by both adults and they both feed the nestlings.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved April 2016)
  3. Wikipedia

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