Pacific Antwren - BirdForum Opus

Myrmotherula pacifica

Photo by COLOMBIA Birding
Location: Pacific Choco, Colombia

Identification

9 cm (3.5 inches)
Male has bold black and white stripes both on upperside and underside of body.
Female differs in having head and neck and underside tawny-colored; some black stripes in rear crown to nape but the underside is unstriped. The rest of the upperside is like the male.

Distribution

Panama (in western half only on Caribbean side), Colombia and Ecuador (in these two on the Pacific side of the Andes).

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species¹.

Habitat

Forest and second growth edges, riparian thickets, etc, most often in situations with lots of vines. Occurs mostly in lowland to 800 m asl or occasionally higher.

Behaviour

Feeds using active movements picking small invertebrates from branches and leaves. Usually found in low to medium levels of the forest, not on the ground but also not in canopy.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Angehr and Dean, The birds of Panama

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Pacific Antwren. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 17 September 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Pacific_Antwren

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