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[[Image:Marsh_Antwren_male_by_amaizlish.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Male<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|amaizlish|amaizlish}} <br /> Itapoa, SC, [[Brazil]], 5 December, 2010]]
;[[:Category:Stymphalornis|Stymphalornis]] acutirostris
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'''Alternate name: Parana Antwren'''
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;[[:Category:Formicivora|Formicivora]] acutirostris
  
Alternate name - Marsh Wren
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==Identification==
[[Image:Parana_Antwren.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|amaizlish|amaizlish}} <br />Female bird<br />Itapoa, SC, [[Brazil]]]]
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[[Image:Parana_Antwren.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female of subspecies ''F. a. acutirostris''<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|amaizlish|amaizlish}} <br /> Itapoa, SC, [[Brazil]]]]
[[Image:3468marsh antbird female.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|pbono|Peter R. Bono}} <br />Female bird, Photo taken: coast of Parana, [[Brazil]]]]
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Male brownish upperside, greyish underside, shoulder black with white spots. Female similar upperside, streaked black and paler underside. The white dots on the shoulder may come together as two white wing bars.  
[[Image:3468marsh antbird male2.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|pbono|Peter R. Bono}} <br />Male, Photo taken: coast of Parana, [[Brazil]]]]
 
  
==Identification==
 
Globally Endangered and probably already on the way to extinction because of habitat destruction
 
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
[[Brazil]]
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[[Image:Sao_Paulo_Marsh_Antwren_M_by_Rick_and_Elis.JPG|thumb|300px|right|Male of subspecies ''F. a. paludicola''<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|Rick+and+Elis|Rick and Elis}} <br /> Itapoa, SC, [[Brazil]]]]
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Southeastern [[Brazil]] (São Paulo) and southern [[Brazil]] (Paraná and extreme northeastern Santa Catarina). Endangered.
  
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>.
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Two subspecies recognized:
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* ''F. a. acutirostris'' in southern [[Brazil]] (Paraná and extreme northeastern Santa Catarina)
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* ''F. a. paludicola'' in southeastern [[Brazil]] (São Paulo)
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[[Image:Sao_Paulo_Marsh_Antwren_F_by_Rick_and_Elis.JPG|thumb|300px|right|Female of subspecies ''F. a. paludicola''<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|Rick+and+Elis|Rick and Elis}} <br /> Itapoa, SC, [[Brazil]]]]
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These two were originally expected to become two species at least by some.  
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
Marshland.
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Marshland, riverine and mangrove swamps.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
  
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====Diet====
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Eats insects and other arthropods.
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Image:3468marsh antbird male2.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Male<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|pbono|Peter R. Bono}} <br />Coast of Parana, [[Brazil]]
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Image:3468marsh antbird female.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female <br />Photo &copy; by {{user|pbono|Peter R. Bono}} coast of Parana, [[Brazil]], 5 December, 2010
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</gallery>
 
==References==
 
==References==
#{{Ref-Clements6thDec10}}
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug21}}#Birdlife
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# Ber van Perlo. 2009. A field guide to the Birds of Brazil. Oxford University Press, New York, NY, USA. ISBN 978-0-19-530155-7
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# [http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=357076 Gallery photo] of bird from the Sao Paolo population
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
{{GSearch|Stymphalornis+acutirostris}}
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{{GSearch|Antwren+acutirostris}}
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{{GS-checked}}<br /><br />
  
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Stymphalornis]]
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Formicivora]]

Latest revision as of 02:00, 27 February 2022

Male
Photo © by amaizlish
Itapoa, SC, Brazil, 5 December, 2010

Alternate name: Parana Antwren

Formicivora acutirostris

Identification

Female of subspecies F. a. acutirostris
Photo © by amaizlish
Itapoa, SC, Brazil

Male brownish upperside, greyish underside, shoulder black with white spots. Female similar upperside, streaked black and paler underside. The white dots on the shoulder may come together as two white wing bars.

Distribution

Male of subspecies F. a. paludicola
Photo © by Rick and Elis
Itapoa, SC, Brazil

Southeastern Brazil (São Paulo) and southern Brazil (Paraná and extreme northeastern Santa Catarina). Endangered.

Taxonomy

Two subspecies recognized:

  • F. a. acutirostris in southern Brazil (Paraná and extreme northeastern Santa Catarina)
  • F. a. paludicola in southeastern Brazil (São Paulo)
Female of subspecies F. a. paludicola
Photo © by Rick and Elis
Itapoa, SC, Brazil

These two were originally expected to become two species at least by some.

Habitat

Marshland, riverine and mangrove swamps.

Behaviour

Diet

Eats insects and other arthropods.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Birdlife
  3. Ber van Perlo. 2009. A field guide to the Birds of Brazil. Oxford University Press, New York, NY, USA. ISBN 978-0-19-530155-7
  4. Gallery photo of bird from the Sao Paolo population

External Links

GSearch checked for 2020 platform.

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