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- Myrmotherula assimilis
Identification
Grey, pale underparts and 2 white wing-bars. White patch on back and a narrow white tip to its tail. The female is pale olive-grey above with 2 buffy wing-bars.
Distribution
Amazonian Brazil, Peru and Bolivia.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognized[1].
- M. a. assimilis - river islands and river edge of western Amazonia: Amazon of Peru (east from the lower Marañón River), Amazonian Brazil (Amazon east to the Amazonas–Pará border, also the Madeira River and the lower portions of Negro, Juruá, and Purus rivers), and northern Bolivia (lower Beni River and Guaporé River)
- M. a. transamazonica - Amazonian Brazil, along the Amazon River in extreme western Pará (east to the mouth of the Tapajós River)
Habitat
Woodland
Behaviour
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/
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Leaden Antwren. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 9 October 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Leaden_Antwren
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.