Gray Antwren - BirdForum Opus

Myrmotherula menetriesii

Identification

Male is medium grey with slightly paler underside and hints of supercilium. On wings, a black wing band above a white one, and some black and white on the smallest coverts. Female similar but with buff underside, side of head and supercilium.

Variation: south of the Rio Amazonas, the male has black throat and upper breast.

Distribution

South America: found in Amazonian Brazil and neighboring lowlands of Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.

Taxonomy

Subspecies^[1]

• M. m. pallida:

• Eastern Colombia to south-western Venezuela, north-eastern Peru and north-western Brazil

• M. m. cinereiventris:

• South-eastern Venezuela to the Guianas and north-eastern Amazonian Brazil

• M. m. menetriesii:

• Eastern Peru south of River Amazon to north-western Bolivia and south-western Amazonian Brazil

• M. m. berlepschi :

• South-central Amazonian Brazil (R. Madeira to R. Tapajós), northern Bolivia

• M. m. omissa:

• North-eastern Brazil (R. Tapajós to western Maranhão)

Habitat

Humid forest in lowlands

Behaviour

Feeds higher in the forest than Long-winged Antwren and White-flanked Antwren where these occur together.

Tends to flick its tail sideways.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Gray Antwren. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 5 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Gray_Antwren

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