Black-throated Antbird - BirdForum Opus

Photo by arthurgrosset
Vila Bela de Santíssima Trindade, Mato Grosso, Brazil, March 2003

Myrmeciza atrothorax

Includes Spot-breasted Antbird

Identification

14cm
Male

• Olive-brown above
• Black tail
• White spots on wing-coverts
• Grey head, sides of neck and underparts
• Black throat, breast and central belly
• Black iris
  

Female - similar apart from white throat and rufous belly

Distribution

South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil

Taxonomy

Several subspecies. Stictothorax is sometimes split as Spot-breasted Antbird, but this split is not widely accepted.

Subspecies^[1]

• M. a. metae:

• Central Colombia (Meta, western Guaviare)

• M. a. atrothorax:

• Eastern Colombia to southern Venezuela, the Guianas and northern Amazonian Brazil

• M. a. tenebrosa:

• Eastern Ecuador north of River Amazon, north-eastern Peru and northern Brazil

• M. a. maynana:

• North-central Peru (south of Río Marañón and west of Río Huallaga)

• M. a.melanura:

• Eastern Peru south of River Amazon to northern Bolivia and west and central Brazil

Two additional subspecies, obscurata and griseiventris are not generally recognised^[2]

Habitat

Dense undergrowth at the edges of forest and woodland especially near swamps or streams, below 500m.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes insects and arthropods.

Breeding

Monogamous. The clutch consists of 2 eggs. Incubation and care of the young is shared by both adults.

References

1. 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.
2. Avibase
3. Arthur Grosset
4. Answers.com

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Black-throated Antbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 8 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-throated_Antbird

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