Alternative name: Santarem Antbird
- Rhegmatorhina gymnops
Identification
14 cm, female like a dull version of male
Male is mostly rufous brown with black on head including crown and nape as well as on throat and breast. Red eye surrounded by bold yellow ring consisting of bare skin (different resources disagree on the details of the colors around the eye but agree the eye-ring is very conspicuous).
Distribution
South-east Amazonian Brazil (River Tapajós to River Iriri, south to Mato Grosso)
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Moist lowland forests especially terra firma.
Behaviour
This species is an obligate follower of army ant swarms. The birds will usually sit within one meter of the ground but not on it and from there fly out to capture a prey, presumably an invertebrate.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Ber van Perlo. 2009. A field guide to the Birds of Brazil. Oxford University Press, New York, NY, USA. ISBN 978-0-19-530155-7
- Lees, A. C. (2020). Bare-eyed Antbird (Rhegmatorhina gymnops), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.baeant1.01
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Bare-eyed Antbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 15 January 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Bare-eyed_Antbird
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.1
