- Myrmelastes leucostigma
Schistocichla leucostigma
Identification
14–16 cm (5½-6¼ in)
- Long bill
- Dusky legs
- Slate gray upperparts
- Pale gray underparts
- Black wing coverts with 2 rows of small white dots
- Brown primaries
Female: gray head, brown back, dark brown wings with 3 rows of buff spots, buff throat, orange-rufous underparts.
Distribution
South America: found in Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana
Taxonomy
Humaita Antbird M. humaythae, Brownish-headed Antbird M. brunneiceps, Rufous-faced Antbird S. rufifacies, and Roraiman Antbird M. saturatus were included in M. leucostigma before 2006.[1][2]
Subspecies
There are 4 subspecies[1]:
- M. l. leucostigma:
- M. l. infuscatus:
- East Colombia to southern Venezuela and north-western Amazonian Brazil
- M. l. subplumbeus:
- East Colombia to extreme western Venezuela, north-eastern Peru and adjacent western Brazil
- M. l. intensus:
- Central Peru (Huánuco, Pasco, Junín and southern Ucayali)
Habitat
Moist lowland forests and montanes.
Behaviour
Diet
They eat a variety of insects such as beetles, ants and spiders also small lizards recorded.
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/
- Zimmer, K., M.L. Isler, and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Spot-winged Antbird (Myrmelastes leucostigma), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.spwant3.01
- SACC: Roraiman Antbird split
- SACC: further splits
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Spot-winged Antbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 15 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Spot-winged_Antbird
