Highland ant panties

Highland ant panties
Highland ant panties
Systematics
Subordination : Screeching Birds (Tyranni) Family : Ant birds (Thamnophilidae) Subfamily : Thamnophilinae Tribe : Formicivorini Genre : Myrmotherula Type : Highland ant panties
Scientific name
Myrmotherula schisticolor
( Lawrence , 1865)

The Highland Antwren ( Myrmotherula schisticolor ), Syn. Formicivora schisticolor , one within the family of Antbirds (Thamnophilidae) for generic Myrmotherula .

The species occurs in Central and South America from southern Mexico to western Ecuador and eastern Peru . It is the most common ant hatch outside of the Amazon basin .

The distribution area includes tropical or subtropical mountain foothills, mountain forest between at least 600 and 2400 m altitude.

The Latin addition of species comes from the Latin schistus 'slate' and the Latin color 'color' .

features

The bird is 9 to 10 cm tall and weighs between 8 and 10 g. The male is dark gray with blackish wings, chest and throat are dark black. It has a hidden white interscapular spot. The elytra have white tips. It is similar to the white-flanked ant hatchers ( Myrmotherula axillaris ) and the Salvadoran ant hatchers ( Myrmotherula minor ), but they are very circumscribed and less dark in color. The female is ocher-colored instead of black, the upper side is gray-olive, the flight feathers and tail are more brown, the wing covers have red-brown edges, the throat and breast are cinnamon-colored. Young birds are similar to females, but do not yet have a black throat spot.

Geographic variation

The following subspecies are recognized:

• M. s. schisticolor ( Lawrence , 1865), nominate form - Southeastern Mexico to Western Ecuador
• M. s. sanctaemartae Allen , 1900 - Northern Colombia and Northern Venezuela
• M. s. interior ( Chapman , 1914) - Eastern Colombia and Eastern Ecuador to Southern Peru

voice

The singing consists of 2 to 3 thin whistling tones about 1 / s.

Way of life

The food consists of various insects and spiders , which are hunted in pairs, alone or in mixed hunting groups on or just above the ground, usually between 1 and 6 m high.

The breeding season in Costa Rica is between March and July, in Venezuela between December and February. The nest is a deep, thinly woven shell, held together with cobwebs and attached to a horizontal fork, usually 1 to 2 m above the ground. The clutch consists of two white or cream-colored eggs.

Hazardous situation

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

literature

• G. Lawrence: Formicivora schisticolor. In: Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York . Volume 8, 1867, p. 172, Biodiversity Library

Web links

Commons : Highland Ants  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Xeno-canto
• Peruaves
• Birds of the World (videos, photos and sound recordings)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} highland ant panties , in Avibase - The World Bird Database. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} M. McMullan: Field Guide to the Birds of Colombia Rey Naranjo Editores, 2018, ISBN 978-958-8969-77-0
3. ↑ ^{a b c d} K. Zimmer and ML Isler: Slaty Antwren (Myrmotherula schisticolor) , 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. Slaty replies
4. ^ JA Jobling: A Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. Oxford University Press. 1991, ISBN 0-19-854634-3 .
5. ↑ Antbirds
6. ↑ Redlist.Retrieved August 3, 2020.