- Aprositornis disjuncta
Identification
13·5 cm (5¼ in)
- Dark grey crown and upperparts
- White inter-scapular patch
- Blackish-grey wings and tail
- Grey underparts
Similar Species
The male is similar to the larger Silvered Antbird.
Distribution
South America: Venezuela1 and possibly Colombia, and with a small isolated population in Brazil.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[2].
Formerly placed in genus Myrmeciza by Gill and Donsker.
Habitat
The understorey of dense lowland forests.
Behaviour
Diet
Their main diet consist of insects, spiders and moths.
They hop around while scavenging.
References
- Restall et al. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156
- 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. and M.L. Isler (2020). Yapacana Antbird (Aprositornis disjuncta), 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.yapant1.01
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Yapacana Antbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 14 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Yapacana_Antbird
