- Myrmotherula urosticta
Identification
9.5 cm.
Male:
- Plumbeous
- Black wings
- Two white wing-bars
- Black tail with broad white terminal band
- Underparts paler
- Black bib
Female: similar
- Paler above
- Grey wings with whitish wing-bars
- Creamy-buff underparts
- Whitish on throat
- Greyish flanks.
Distribution
South America: found in coastal south-eastern Brazil (central Bahia to northern Rio de Janeiro)
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Lowland evergreen forests at around 500 m.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists mostly of insects. Little has been published, but it's thought spiders are included.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- BirdLife International
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved December 2014)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Band-tailed Antwren. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 17 September 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Band-tailed_Antwren
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
