Mato-Grosso ground ant shrike

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Mato-Grosso ground ant shrike
Systematics
Subordination : Screeching Birds (Tyranni)
Family : Ant birds (Thamnophilidae)
Subfamily : Thamnophilinae
Tribe : Microrhopiini
Genre : Clytoctantes
Type : Mato-Grosso ground ant shrike
Scientific name
Clytoctantes atrogularis
Lanyon , Stotz & Willard , 1990

The Mato Grosso floor Ameisenwürger ( Clytoctantes atrogularis ), also called Rondoniaverkehrtschnabel called, is a little-known bird art from the family of ants birds . It is endemic to the Brazilian state of Rondônia .

description

The Mato Grosso ground ant shrike reaches a length of 17 centimeters. The males are uniformly black, the females are reddish-chestnut-colored with a black breastplate. The striking, massive beak with an upwardly curved lower beak and a straight beak ridge is characteristic of the species. Its call consists of loud tree-tree-tree trills.

Way of life and habitat

Very little is known about his way of life. Its habitat is the terra-firme rainforest , which is dominated by dense vine roots. When foraging for food, he stays two to five meters above the ground.

status

After the discovery of a female in 1986 in the Terra typica near Ji-Paraná in Rondônia and a presumed sighting of a male near Alta Floresta in Mato Grosso in 1989, the species was initially lost. In 2004 a couple was observed on the Rio Sucunduri , Amazonas and in May 2006 another couple in the Reserva Biológica do Jarú near Ji-Paraná, Rondônia and their singing was recorded. While BirdLife International estimated the population at fewer than 50 specimens in 2005, recent observations by ornithologists Dante Buzzetti and Bret M. Whitney in 2006 and 2007 have shown that the species is more common than previously thought.

The main threats are the expansion of agriculture, road construction and commercial deforestation of the rainforest. The forest in the Terra typica is endangered by the construction of a dam.

literature

  • Scott M. Lanyon, Douglas F. Stotz, and David E. Willard: Clytoctantes atrogularis, A New Species of Antbird from Western Brazil. In: Wilson Bull. 102 (4), 1990, pp. 571-580. PDF full text 569 kB
  • Joseph A. Tobias, Stuart HM Butchart and Nigel J. Collar: Lost and found: a gap analysis for the Neotropical avifauna. PDF full text 813.3 kB

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