Photo © by Stanley Jones
Altos del Maria north of El Valle de Antón, Coclé Province, Panama March 3013
Altos del Maria north of El Valle de Antón, Coclé Province, Panama March 3013
- Sipia laemosticta
Identification
13-14cm
Male
- Black grey head, neck, upper mantle
- Black grey to upper belly
- Refous brown on rest of upperparts and underparts
- Black throat
- Irregular black spots on breast
Female
Photo © by Stanley Jones
Rancho Naturalista,Tayutic, Cartago Province, Costa Rica, February 2014
Photo © by Stanley Jones
Rancho Naturalista,Tayutic, Cartago Province, Costa Rica, February 2014
- Cinnamon tipped primary coverts
- Grey underwing coverts
- White patch between shoulders
- Red iris
- Black bill
- Grey feet
Female
- Similar but lighter
- Black throat with white spots
Distribution
Costa Rica and Panama including Darien.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
It was formerly considered conspecific with Magdalena Antbird.
Formerly placed in genus Myrmeciza by Gill and Donsker.
Habitat
Lowland montane cloud forest, deep ravines and near streams. Riparian with dense understory. Observed at heights around 1,100 m.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet consists of spiders, cockroaches, beetles, crickets, woodlice and larvae.
Breeding
It builds a cup shaped nest. The clutch contains 2 cinnamon spotted white eggs.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2011. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.10). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
- Birdforum thread discussing the possible split of this species.
- Restall et al. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156
- BF Member observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Dull-mantled Antbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 17 September 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Dull-mantled_Antbird
