Caatinga Antwren - BirdForum Opus

Male
Photo by Fritz73
Potengi, Brazil, 30 August 2017

Radinopsyche sellowi

Herpsilochmus sellowi

Identification

Female
Photo by Francisco Paludo
Araripe, CE, Brazil, July 2017

10·5–11·5 cm (4-4½ in)

• Short narrow bill
• Pale loral area
• Short postocular streak
• Long whitish supercilium
• Buffy undertail coverts
  

Female

• Yellowish-buff tinged underparts
• Paler crown

Similar Species

Bahia Antwren

Distribution

South America: found in caatinga of north-central and eastern Brazil.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Habitat

Caatinga habitat, dry forests and savanna.

Behaviour

Diet

There is little detailed information available. Their main diet consists of insects such as katydids and some larvae.

References

1. 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/
2. Arthur Grosset
3. Zimmer, K. and M.L. Isler (2020). Caatinga Antwren (Herpsilochmus sellowi), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.caaant1.01

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Caatinga Antwren. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 10 September 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Caatinga_Antwren

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