Ash-breasted Antbird - BirdForum Opus

Photo © by Thibaud Aronson
Fantasy Island, Amazon, Colombia, 11 November 2022

Myrmoborus lugubris

Identification

12–13 cm

• Bluish-grey crown and upperparts
• Greyish forehead

Distribution

South America: found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 4 subspecies^[1]:

• M. l. berlepschi:

• North-eastern Peru (Loreto) and extreme western Amazonian Brazil

• M. l. stictopterus:

• Central Amazonian Brazil (lower River Negro and adjacent River Solimões)

• M. l. femininus :

• South-central Amazonian Brazil (lower River Madeira)

• M. l. lugubris:

• Central Brazil (along both banks of River Amazon)

Habitat

Mostly found on river islands in waterside forests.

Behaviour

Diet

They mostly feed on or just above the ground on insects and spiders.

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 November 2014)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Ash-breasted Antbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 17 September 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Ash-breasted_Antbird

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