- Myrmeciza longipes
Identification
15 cm. Rufous brown upperparts, whitish underparts, cinnamon-buff flanks and lower belly, long grey supercilium, long and strong pink legs. Male - black face, throat and upper breast. Female - darker crown, grey cheek patches and small dark spots on the wings, and lacks the black markings of the male.
Distribution
from Panama and Trinidad though Colombia, Venezuela, and the Guianas to northern and north-eastern Brazil .
Taxonomy
Four subspecies are recognized[1]:
- M.l. panamensis
- M.l. longipes
- M.l. boucardi
- M.l. griseipectus
Habitat
Forest undergrowth in dry or moist lowland, deciduous habitats.
Behaviour
It nests in trees; 2-3 eggs are laid and are incubated by both parents.
The diet includes ants and other arthropods; it sometimes follows columns of army ants.
References
- Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
