- Chamaeza campanisona
Identification
19–20 cm (7½-7¾ in)
- Brown upperparts and crown
- Black spot on forehead
- White loral spot
- White throat
- Buffy underparts
- Dusky feather edges
- White tip to tail
- Short bill
- Short pale legs
Similar species
Such's Antthrush and Rufous-tailed Antthrush (see latter)
Distribution
South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 12 subspecies[1]:
- C. c. venezuelana: Mountains of northern Venezuela (east to Distrito Federal and Aragua)
- C. c. yavii: Tepuis of south-central Venezuela (Cerro Yaví)
- C. c. huachamacarii: Tepuis of southern Venezuela (Cerro Huachamacari)
- C. c. obscura: Subtropical mountains of south-eastern Venezuela (Bolívar and southern Amazonas)
- C. c. fulvescens: Tepuis of south-eastern Venezuela (Mount Roraima) and adjacent Guyana
- C. c. columbiana: Eastern slope of Andes of Colombia
- C. c. punctigula: Eastern Ecuador (Napo and Pastaza) to northern Peru (north of River Marañón)
- C. c. olivacea: Tropical east-central Peru (south to Madre de Dios)
- C. c. berlepschi: South-eastern Peru (Cusco) and extreme western Bolivia
- C. c. boliviana: Andes of Bolivia (La Paz, Cochabamba and Santa Cruz)
- C. c. campanisona: Eastern and south-eastern Brazil (Ceará, Alagoas, and southern Bahia to Santa Catarina)
- C. c. tshororo: Eastern Paraguay, southern Brazil and north-eastern Argentina
Habitat
Floor of humid montane forest; mature secondary woods with open understorey.
Behaviour
Diet
Their varied diet consists of insects such as spiders and ants, as well as fruit.
Vocalisation
Recording by Andrew Whitehouse
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2015)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Short-tailed Antthrush. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 6 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Short-tailed_Antthrush
