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Alternative name: Negro Stipple-throated Antwren
- Epinecrophylla pyrrhonota
Identification
10·5–11 cm (4-4¼ in)
- Greyish crown and mantle
- Rufous upper parts and flight feathers
Distribution
South America: found from south-eastern Colombia to southern Venezuela, north-eastern Peru and northwestern Brazil.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
Formerly considered conspecific with Rufous-backed Antwren and Madeira Antwren under the name Stipple-throated Antwren.
Habitat
They are mostly found in the understorey of lowland evergreen forests (generally terra firme forests)
Behaviour
Diet
The diet consists mostly of insects and spiders.
References
- 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/
- Dickinson, EC, ed. 2003. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 3rd ed., with updates to December 2007 (Corrigenda 7). Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691117010
- Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2016. IOC World Bird Names (version 6.3). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Fulvous-throated Antwren. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 5 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Fulvous-throated_Antwren
