- Formicivora grisea
Identification
12–13 cm (4¾-5 in)
- Grey-brown crown and upperparts
- Black wings, tail, lower face and underparts
- 2 white wing bars
- White stripe running from above the eye down the sides of the breast and flanks
- White tipped tail feathers
Female
- Upperparts similar to the male
- supercilium orange
- Undersides orange
Distribution
South America: found in eastern Colombian lowland and nearest Venezuela, Brazilian Amazon, the Guianas and northern and eastern Brazil.
Taxonomy
Southern White-fringed Antwren and Northern White-fringed Antwren were formerly considered one species, the White-fringed Antwren.
Subspecies
Clements recognizes these subspecies[1]:
- F. g. rufiventris: Extreme eastern Colombia and southern Venezuela (western Amazonas)
- F. g. grisea: Guyana, coastal Suriname, French Guiana, northern and eastern Brazil
Habitat
Occurs in the under and mid-storey of lowland secondary woodland, scrubby bushes on white sandy soils and restinga habitat.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet consists of a variety of small insects, spiders and other arthropods gleaned from undergrowth, twigs and foliage.
Breeding
They construct a grassy hammock nest which is placed low in a tree or shrub. The clutch contains 2 creamy white eggs, with purple markings; they are incubated by both adults.
References
- 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/
- 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/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved March 2016)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Southern White-fringed Antwren. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 17 September 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Southern_White-fringed_Antwren
External Links
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