- Herpsilochmus parkeri
Identification
12 cm.
Male:
Black crown and ocular streak
- Grey underparts
- Dark grey upperparts with dark mottling
- Blackish wings
- White tips to wing-coverts forming wing-bars and whitish edges to remiges
- Black tail with white outer feathers and large white tips on other rectrices
Female:
- Black crown heavily spotted white
- Post-ocular streak
- Ochraceous front
- Buffy eyebrow
- Dark buff throat
- Buff breast
- White lower belly
- Buffy-grey flanks
- Pale grey upperparts tinged buff on back
- Tail and wings much as in male.
Distribution
South America: found on the eastern slope of Andes of north-central Peru (San Martín)
Taxonomy
The first specimens were collected in northern Peru in 1983.[2]
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Humid montane forest and savanna.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes invertebrates.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- BirdLife International
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Ash-throated Antwren. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Ash-throated_Antwren
External Links
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