Gray Antbird - BirdForum Opus

Cercomacra cinerascens

Identification

13–14 cm

Distribution

Found in northern South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, the Guianas and Brazil.

Taxonomy

Four subspecies accepted^[1]:

• C. c. cinerascens:

• South-eastern Colombia to north-eastern Peru, southern Venezuela and north-western Amazonian Brazil

• C. c. immaculata:

• Eastern Venezuela to the Guianas and north-eastern Amazonian Brazil

• C. c. sclateri:

• Eastern Peru to north-western Bolivia and south-western Amazonian Brazil

• C. c. iterata:

• South-eastern Amazonian Brazil and north-eastern Bolivia (northern Santa Cruz)

Habitat

Tropical lowland forest.

Behaviour

Forages in vine tangles in the canopy, where it is usually first detected by its loud song.

Diet

There is little published information. Their main diet consists of a variety of insects and spiders.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved May 2014)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Gray Antbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 13 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Gray_Antbird

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