Black-faced Antbird

Male
Photo © by Momo
Eastern Ecuador

Myrmoborus myotherinus

Identification

13cm
Male

• Bluish-grey above
• Black side of the head and throat
• Narrow greyish white forehead and supercilium
• Dark grey underparts
• Black wing coverts with white edging which shows as 3 white wing-bars
• Red iris
  

Female

• Brown above
• Black mask
• White throat
• Buff underparts, forehead, supercilium and wingbars.

Distribution

South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil

Taxonomy

Subspecies^[1]

There are 7 generally recognised subspecies:

• M. m. elegans:

• South-eastern Colombia to southern Venezuela, central Peru and north-western Amazonian Brazil

• M. m. myotherinus:

• Extreme eastern Peru to north-western Bolivia and south-western Amazonian Brazil

• M. m. incanus:

• North-western Amazonian Brazil (along north bank of River Solimões)

• M. m. ardesiacus:

• Western Brazil (River Japurá to lower River Negro)

• M. m. proximus:

• Western Brazil (south bank of River Amazon from River Purús to River Madeira)

• M. m. sororius:

• South-central Amazonian Brazil (south-eastern Amazonas, Rondônia)

• M. m. ochrolaemus:

• Brazil south of River Amazon (River Madeira to Tocantins, Mato Grosso)

Subspecies napensis is not recognised by all authorities. Subspecies ochrolaema is sometimes spelt ochrolaemus^[2]

Habitat

Up to 700 m in the mid-and upper-canopy of humid tropical and mature secondary forest.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes insects and other arthropods.

Breeding

Monogamous. The clutch consists of two eggs. Both adults share incubation and care of the young.

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. Avibase
3. Arthur Grosset
4. Answers.com

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Black-faced Antbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 10 November 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-faced_Antbird

External Links

• Arthur Grosset's Birds

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