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Photo © by Dave B. Smith
MG, Santuario do Caraca, Brazil, October, 2018

Includes Restinga Antwren

Formicivora serrana

Identification

Distribution

South America: found only in Brazil.

Taxonomy

Subspecies littoralis was formerly considered a full species, Restinga Antwren.

Subspecies

F. s. interposita
Photo © by stuartelsom
Atlantic Rainforest, Brazil, November 2007

Clements recognizes these subspecies[1]:

  • F. s. serrana:
  • Mountains of south-eastern Brazil (eastern Minas Gerais and adjacent Esp¡rito Santo)
  • F. s. interposita:
  • South-eastern Brazil (north-western Rio de Janeiro and adjacent south-eastern Minas Gerais)
  • F. s. littoralis:
  • Coastal South-eastern Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) and adjacent offshore islands

Habitat

Moist lowland forests.

Behaviour

Gallery

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References

  1. Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2023. IOC World Bird List (v 13.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.13.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
  3. Avibase

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