Rusty-backed Antwren - BirdForum Opus

Male, Subspecies urubambae
Photo by Stanley Jones
Tarapoto, San Martín, Peru, December 2016

Formicivora rufa

Identification

12–13 cm (4¾-5 in)

• Rufous-brown upperparts and throat
• Black breast and mid-belly surrounded by white
• White supercilium
  

Female: white underparts with conspicuous dark streaks on the throat and breast

Distribution

South America: found in Suriname, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay

Taxonomy

Female, Subspecies urubambae
Photo by Stanley Jones
Tarapoto, San Martín, Peru, December 2016

Subspecies

• F. r. urubambae:

• Locally in foothills of eastern Peru (San Martín and Cusco)

• F. r. chapmani:

• South Suriname and east-central Brazil

• F. r. rufa

• Amazonian Brazil to south-eastern Peru, eastern Bolivia and Paraguay

Habitat

They can be found in a variety of habitats, including cerrado brushland. Observed in xerophytic scrub at around 270 m.

Behaviour

Diet

Photo by Marcelo Padua
Pantanal Mato Grosso, Brazil

There is little information available. They feed on a variety of insects and are likely to include spiders too.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved January 2017)
4. BF Member observations

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Rusty-backed Antwren. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 10 September 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Rusty-backed_Antwren

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