Yellow-rumped Antwren - BirdForum Opus

Euchrepomis sharpei

Terenura sharpei

Identification

9·5–10·5 cm (3¾-4 in)
Male

• Black crown and nape
• Narrow eye-stripe
• White supercilium, throat and breast
• Grey sides of neck
• Olivaceous upperparts
• Dusky tail and wings
• Yellow wing-bars and fringes
• Bright yellow lower back and rump
• Pale yellow belly
  

Female

• Brownish-olive crown and upperparts
• Yellowish olive rump
• Dull grey on breast

Distribution

South America: found on the eastern slope of the Andes of south-eastern Peru (Cusco, Puno) and western Bolivia.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species¹.

Habitat

Found in the canopy of montane evergreen forests. Occurs at heights around 750–1700 m.

Behaviour

Diet

There is little information available, but they almost certainly eat insects including spiders.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Birdforum thread discussing the taxonomy of this and other species
3. BirdLife International
4. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved January 2016)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Yellow-rumped Antwren. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 10 September 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Yellow-rumped_Antwren

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