- Sclateria naevia
Identification
14–16 cm (5½-6¼ in)
- Dark grey crown and upperparts
- Grey supercilium
- Blackish-grey wings and tail
- Two rows of white spots on wings
- White underparts extensively and broadly streaked with grey
Female has dark brown upperparts, with buff wing spots and grey-streaked underparts.
Distribution
Caribbean and South America: found in Trinidad and Tobago, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil
Taxonomy
Subspecies
Four subspecies are recognized[1]:
- S. n. naevia:
- S. n. diaphora:
- South-central Venezuela (lower River Caura drainage in north-western Bolívar)
- S. n. toddi:
- South-central Amazonian Brazil (lower River Madeira to River Tocantins)
- S. n. argentata:
Habitat
They live in the understorey and on the ground of flooded evergreen forests.
Behaviour
Diet
Not a lot known; however, they eat a variety of insects such as beetles and arachnids.
Breeding
Nesting is poorly known but in the couple of known examples, the nest was an open cup tied to branches low above water. inner diameter about 2-3 inches. The nest was constructed in two layers, inner layer of thin black rootlets and the outer layer of thicker rootlets and moss with a covering of ferns etc. Litter size seems to be 2, with eggs white with heavy reddish markings
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- David and Londoño 2011. First description of nest of Silvered Antbird with notes on eggs and nestlings. Ornithologia Neotropical 22: 307-11
- Zimmer, K., Isler, M.L. & de Juana, E. (2019). Silvered Antbird (Sclateria naevia). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/56812 on 29 August 2019).
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Silvered Antbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 1 September 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Silvered_Antbird