Yellow-browed Antbird - BirdForum Opus

Photo by rdavis
Allpahuayo Mishana Natural Reserve, Peru, March 2010

Hypocnemis hypoxantha

Identification

11–13 cm

• Black crown with white streaks
• Buffy-yellow supercilium
• Buffish-yellow cheeks
• Black lores

Distribution

South America: found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil

Taxonomy

Photo by Anselmo d Affonseca
Manacapuru, Amazonas, Brazil, October 2016

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies^[1]:

• H. h. hypoxantha:

• South-eastern Colombia to eastern Ecuador, north-eastern Peru and western Amazonian Brazil

• H. h. ochraceiventris:

• South-eastern Amazonian Brazil (River Tapajós to River Xingú)

Habitat

They are found in the understorey of moist lowland, foothill and white sand forests; occurs at heights around 900 m.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of insects and spiders, but little else is known.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved March 2015)
4. BF Member observations

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Yellow-browed Antbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 6 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Yellow-browed_Antbird

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