Spotted Antbird - BirdForum Opus

Male, subspecies naevioides
Photo by Stanley Jones
Pipeline Road, Gamboa, Panama, December 2017

Hylophylax naevioides

Identification

Female
Photo by Cedric K
Pipeline Road, Panama, April 2009

10·5–11·5 cm (4-4½ in)

• White interscapular patch
  

Male

• Grey crown, which extends below the eye
• Dark grey feather centres
• Rufous upperparts

Distribution

Central and South America:
Central America: found in Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama
South America: occurs in Colombia and Ecuador

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies^[1]:

• H. n. capnitis:

• Caribbean slope of eastern Honduras to western Panama

• H. n. naevioides:

• East Panama to western Colombia and western Ecuador]] (south to east Guayas)

Habitat

Humid lowland and foothill forests and secondary growth. They are generally to be found in the undergrowth.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists mostly of insects and arthropods. They will also take small lizards.

They follow army ant swarms.

Breeding

The cup nest is built by both adults.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Dec 2017)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Spotted Antbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 24 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Spotted_Antbird

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