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Alternative name: Northern Chestnut-tailed Antbird
- Sciaphylax castanea
Identification
11–12 cm (4½-4¾ in)
Similar species
Very similar to Southern Chestnut-tailed Antbird in plumage but differ in voice and habitat choice.
Distribution
Patchy distribution from southern Colombia (Putumayo) through eastern Ecuador to northern Peru (west of Rio Napo, north of Rio Amazonas and south of Rio Maranon only to Moyobamba valley[2].
Taxonomy
Placed in genus Myrmeciza by Gill and Donsker.
Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognized[1]:
- S.c. centunculorum:
- Extreme southern [Colombia]] to eastern Ecuador and north-eastern Peru (Loreto)
- S.c. castanea:
Habitat
Moist lowland forests and foothills to 1050 m asl. Where coexisting with Chestnut-tailed Antbird, the former occurs in higher cloud forest on better soil while Northern Chestnut-tailed Antbird occurs in semi-stunted forest on poorer, sandy soil[2].
Behaviour
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Isler et al. 2002, Auk 119: 362-378.
