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| + | ==Identification== | ||
| + | The Plain-throated Antwren (Myrmotherula hauxwelli) is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. Not only does this bird have a plain throat, the male also has two white wing-bars on its black wings, white tips to the tertials seen on either side of the back, and a white tip to its short tail. The female is olive-brown above with buff replacing the male's white on the wing-bars and below it is bright cinnamon-rufous with a paler throat. | ||
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| + | ==Distribution== | ||
| + | It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. | ||
| + | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. | ||
| + | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | Unlike most other Myrmotherula antwrens, the Plain-throated stays fairly close to the ground. | ||
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Revision as of 14:36, 14 August 2007
- Myrmotherula hauxwelli
Identification
The Plain-throated Antwren (Myrmotherula hauxwelli) is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. Not only does this bird have a plain throat, the male also has two white wing-bars on its black wings, white tips to the tertials seen on either side of the back, and a white tip to its short tail. The female is olive-brown above with buff replacing the male's white on the wing-bars and below it is bright cinnamon-rufous with a paler throat.
Distribution
It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Behaviour
Unlike most other Myrmotherula antwrens, the Plain-throated stays fairly close to the ground.
