Brown-winged ant strangler

Brown-winged ant strangler
	Brown-winged ant strangler
Systematics
Subordination :	Screeching Birds (Tyranni)
Family :	Ant birds (Thamnophilidae)
Subfamily :	Thamnophilinae
Tribe :	Thamnophilini
Genre :	Thamnophilus
Type :	Brown-winged ant strangler
Scientific name
	Thamnophilus murinus
	PL Sclater & Salvin , 1868

The brown-winged ant shrike ( Thamnophilus murinus ) belongs to the genus Thamnophilus within the ant bird family (Thamnophilidae) .

The species occurs in Bolivia , Brazil , Ecuador , French Guiana , Guyana Colombia , Peru , Suriname and Venezuela .

The distribution area includes moist tropical or subtropical forest , especially "white sand forest", well-drained, hilly terra firme in the Amazon basin and adjacent Andean foothills up to 800 m in height.

The Latin additional species comes from the Latin mus, muris 'mouse (mouse-colored)' .

features

The bird is 13-14 cm tall and weighs between 17 and 20 g. The male is gray on top, the cap discreetly darker banded, the wings are dark yellowish-brown, the wing-coverts are gray with white tips and small white spots, the tail is brownish-black and gray with white tips. The underside is paler, often whitish in the middle. The iris is gray or often brown to honey-colored. The female has a reddish brown cap, the upper side is olive brown, the wings brown, wing covers and wing tips bordered with whitish. The tail has a warm dark brown color, the outer tail feathers have discreet whitish tips. The underside is pale gray with a yellowish-brown tint on the chest.

Geographic variation

The following subspecies are recognized:

T. m. canipennis Todd , 1927 - Far East Colombia to Guiana, Suriname and Brazil north of the Amazon

T. m. cayennensis Todd , 1927 - French Guiana and Northeastern Brazil

T. m. murinus P. L. Sclater & Salvin , 1868, nominate form - Eastern Colombia to Suriname, Northern Brazil north of the Amazon

voice

The call is described as similar to that of the slate gray ant shrike ( Thamnophilus schistaceus ), but usually somewhat shorter.

Way of life

The diet consists mainly of insects and arthropods , which are usually not sought in mixed hunting communities in the undergrowth to medium tree height.

Little is known about the breeding season.

Hazardous situation

The stock is not considered to be at risk ( least concern ).

literature

PL Sclater & O. Osbert: Thamnophilus murinus. In: Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London , June 27, 1867, p. 756, Biodiversity Library

Web links

Commons : Brown-winged anthrag - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Xeno-canto
Oiseaux.net
Birds of the World (videos, photos and sound recordings)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Brown-winged ant shrike , in Avibase - The world bird database. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d M. McMullan: Field Guide to the Birds of Colombia Rey Naranjo Editores, 2018, ISBN 978-958-8969-77-0
↑ ^a ^b ^c K. Zimmer and ML Isler: Blackish-gray Antshrike (Thamnophilus nigrocinereus) , version 1.0. In: TS Schulenberg, (Ed.): Birds of the World. 2020, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. Blackish-gray Antbird
^ JA Jobling: A Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. Oxford University Press. 1991, ISBN 0-19-854634-3 .
↑ World Bird Names Antbirds. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
↑ Redlist.Retrieved June 30, 2020.

[avibase-1] Brown-winged ant shrike , in Avibase - The world bird database. Retrieved June 30, 2020.

[Miles-2] M. McMullan: Field Guide to the Birds of Colombia Rey Naranjo Editores, 2018, ISBN 978-958-8969-77-0

[Birds-3] K. Zimmer and ML Isler: Blackish-gray Antshrike (Thamnophilus nigrocinereus) , version 1.0. In: TS Schulenberg, (Ed.): Birds of the World. 2020, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. Blackish-gray Antbird

[4] JA Jobling: A Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. Oxford University Press. 1991, ISBN 0-19-854634-3 .

[5] World Bird Names Antbirds. Retrieved June 30, 2020.

[6] Redlist.Retrieved June 30, 2020.