- Hypocnemis flavescens
Identification
12cm
- Black iris
- Short tail
Distribution
East-central Colombia to southern Venezuela and extreme north-western Amazonian Brazil
Taxonomy
Monotypic.
Habitat
Rainforest borders and secondary woodland often near water or marshes.
Behaviour
Diet
It gleans for insects in foliage and often picks its prey from the underside of leaves.
Breeding
They are monogamous. Both adults share the incubation of the 2 eggs and subsequent care of the young.
References
- Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
- SACC proposal (passed) to split Warbling Antbird
- Mort and Phyllis Isler and Bret Whitney: "Species Limits in Antbirds (Thamnophilidae): The Warbling Antbird (Hypocnemis cantator) complex." The Auk 124(1):11-28, 2007.
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Imeri Warbling Antbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 10 September 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Imeri_Warbling_Antbird
