Guiana stick ant panties

Guiana stick ant panties
	Illustration by Joseph Wolf in: Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London , 1858
Systematics
Subordination :	Screeching Birds (Tyranni)
Family :	Ant birds (Thamnophilidae)
Subfamily :	Thamnophilinae
Tribe :	Formicivorini
Genre :	Myrmotherula
Type :	Guiana stick ant panties
Scientific name
	Myrmotherula surinamensis
	( Gmelin , 1788)

The Guiana stick ant hatchers ( Myrmotherula surinamensis ), Syn. Sitta surinamensis , belong to the genus Myrmotherula within the ant bird family (Thamnophilidae) .

The species occurs in southern Venezuela , in Guiana and in the Amazon basin in Brazil .

The distribution area includes tropical or subtropical humid lowland forest, tropical quarry landscape and former forest areas, preferably in the vicinity of water bodies up to 100 or 450 m in height.

The Latin additional species refers to the Suriname region .

Until recently, the species was considered to be conspecific with the Western barbed ant hatchers ( Myrmotherula pacifica ) and the Amazonian barbed ant hatchers ( Myrmotherula multostriata ).

features

The bird is 9 to 10 cm tall and weighs between 7 and 9 g. The male has a black top and cap, each with pronounced white stripes, the wing covers have white tips, the flight feathers have white edges. The interscapular spot is broad, the tail black with white edges and white pointy spots. It has a thin black chin stripe, the underside and throat are dashed in black, the flanks are gray. The female has a rust-colored color on the head, neck, neck and flanks, no chin stripe and no dashed lines on the forehead.

The species is monotypical .

voice

The singing is described as a high trill lasting 3 seconds.

Way of life

The food consists of small insects and arachnids that are often hunted close to the ground up to medium tree height in pairs, usually not in mixed hunting communities.

The breeding season in French Guiana is between August and October. The nest covered with green moss hangs 50 to 100 cm above the water. The clutch usually consists of two eggs.

Hazardous situation

The stock is considered to be endangered ( Vulnerable ).

literature

J. Gmelin: Sitta surinamensis. In: Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis . Vol 1, Part 1, pp. 442, 1788, Biodiversity Library

Web links

Commons : Guiana Barrel Ant Panties - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

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

Individual evidence

Jump up ↑ Guiana stick ant panties , in Avibase - The World Bird Database. Retrieved July 23, 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, ML Isler and CJ Sharpe: Guianan Streaked-Antwren (Myrmotherula surinamensis) , version 1.0. In: J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, DA Christie and E. de Juana (editors): Birds of the World . 2020, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. Guianan Streaked Responses
↑ Redlist.Retrieved July 23, 2020.

[avibase-1] Jump up ↑ Guiana stick ant panties , in Avibase - The World Bird Database. Retrieved July 23, 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, ML Isler and CJ Sharpe: Guianan Streaked-Antwren (Myrmotherula surinamensis) , version 1.0. In: J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, DA Christie and E. de Juana (editors): Birds of the World . 2020, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. Guianan Streaked Responses

[4] Redlist.Retrieved July 23, 2020.