- Myrmorchilus strigilatus
Identification
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15–16 cm (6-6¼ in)
- Black throat and chest
- White lower face and belly
- Streaked black and rufous back
- Black wing-coverts with white spots
Male has a white supercilium, female's is buffy.
The female is streaked across the breast especially on the sides.
The tail is long with white external feathers.
Distribution
South America: found in Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 2 subspecies[1]:
- M. s. strigilatus:
- North East Brazil (eastern Piauí, Ceará and Pernambuco to northern Minas Gerais)
- M. s. suspicax:
Habitat
They are found in the understorey of scrub and woodlands up to a height of approximately 1100 m.
Behaviour
Diet
Their main diet appears to consist of insects and probably other arthropods; however there is little published information available.
Breeding
They only nest which has been described was an open cup, 4 cm deep.
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/
- Avibase
- Zimmer, K., M.L. Isler, and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Stripe-backed Antbird (Myrmorchilus strigilatus), 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.stbant2.01
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Stripe-backed Antbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 6 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Stripe-backed_Antbird
