Amazonian Streaked Antwren - BirdForum Opus

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Male
Photo by tf1044x.
Mato Grosso, Brazil, 2006

Myrmotherula multostriata

Identification

Male - black above streaked with white, white below streaked with black, black wings with two broad white wing-bars.
Female - orange-rufous head and nape with black streaks, ochraceous below.

Distribution

South America: found from eastern Colombia to northern Bolivia and Brazil south of River Amazon.

Taxonomy

Monotypic^[1]

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Guianan Streaked Antwren Myrmotherula surinamensis (sensu lato) by some authors^[2]

Habitat

Trees and shrubs near water and at the edge of várzea forest.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase
3. Arthur Grosset

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Amazonian Streaked Antwren. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 17 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Amazonian_Streaked_Antwren

External Links

• Arthur Grosset's Birds

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