Black-and-white Antbird - BirdForum Opus

Photo by lior kislev
Amazon River near Iquitos, Peru, January 2010

Myrmochanes hemileucus

Identification

10–11 cm (4-4½ in)
Male

• Black crown, sides of head and upperparts
• White loral spot
• Black wings
• White interscapular patch
• Black graduated tail

Distribution

South America: found in Amazon river islands of (Colombia, north-eastern Ecuador Peru, northern Bolivia and western Brazil)

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Habitat

Understorey of moist lowland forests and shrubland.

Second growth on islands in rivers of the Amazon system.

Behaviour

Diet

There is little data available, but they are known to feed on insects, larva, beetles and probably spiders too.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved August 2015)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Black-and-white Antbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 13 May 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Black-and-white_Antbird

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