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Photo by arthurgrosset
Amazonas, Brazil, August 2004
Myrmotherula cherriei

Identification

Male

  • Black
  • White-streaked upperparts
  • Black-streaked white underparts and belly

Female

  • Buff-streaked upperparts
  • Buff underparts finely streaked black

Distribtution

South America: found in south-eastern Colombia, south-western Venezuela, north-eastern Peru and north-western Brazil.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Scrubby forest on white sand soil and in thickets along gallery forest in savannah areas.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes insects.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. Arthur Grosset

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