Plumbeous Antbird - BirdForum Opus

Male
Photo by Stanley Jones
Napo Wildlife Center, Yasuni Biosphere Reserve, Yasuni National Park, Orellana Province, Ecuador, January 2016

Myrmelastes hyperythrus

Identification

Male dark grey to blackish, with white spots on wing coverts. Female similar upperparts, orange-brown underparts, both sexes with large blue bare skin around eyes.

Distribution

Southernmost Colombia, eastern Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia, and western Brazil.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Habitat

Lowland, subtropical or tropical forested swamps.

Behaviour

Usually in pairs, at all levels in forest except 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. Dickinson, EC, ed. 2003. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 3rd ed., with updates to December 2007 (Corrigenda 7). Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691117010
3. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2016. IOC World Bird Names (version 6.3). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.

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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Plumbeous Antbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 10 September 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Plumbeous_Antbird==External Links==

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