Varzea ant panties

Varzea ant panties
	Varzea ant panties, males
Systematics
Subordination :	Screeching Birds (Tyranni)
Family :	Ant birds (Thamnophilidae)
Subfamily :	Thamnophilinae
Tribe :	Formicivorini
Genre :	Myrmotherula
Type :	Varzea ant panties
Scientific name
	Myrmotherula assimilis
	Furs , 1868

The Varzea ant hatchers ( Myrmotherula assimilis ) belong to the genus Myrmotherula within the ant bird family (Thamnophilidae) .

The species occurs locally in the Amazon basin on forested river islands in the Amazon and its main tributaries as well as in gallery forests and seasonally flooded habitats (preferably overgrown with heliconias ).

The distribution area includes tropical or subtropical deep forest up to 200 m height.

The Latin additional species comes from the Latin similis 'similar, similar' .

female

features

The bird is 9 to 10 cm tall. The male is light slate gray throughout with white tips of the wing covers in the form of two bands. The throat and underside are slightly lighter. The iris is brown, the bill blackish, the legs blue-gray. The female is light yellow-brown on the underside with brown-brown wings and two indicated wing bands. In both sexes, a white interscapular spot becomes visible when flapping. The species resembles the pale gray ant hatchers ( Myrmotherula menetriesii ), but occurs together with mixed hunting communities and in terra firme .

Geographic variation

The following subspecies are recognized:

M. a. assimilis Pelzeln , 1868, nominate form - Eastern Peru, Western Brazil and Northern Bolivia
M. a. transamazonica Gyldenstolpe , 1951 - Brazil

voice

The chant consists of a sharp, rising, then decaying trill “te-te-te-tu-tutututrrrrr”.

Way of life

The food consists of insects that are hunted in pairs at different heights, mostly not in mixed hunting communities up to medium vegetation height, even in more open landscapes.

The breeding season is not known.

Hazardous situation

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

literature

A. of fur: Myrmotherula assimilis. In: On the ornithology of Brazil: Results of Johann Natterer's travels in the years 1817 to 1835 , Volume 2, pp. 81, 152, Biodiversity Library

Web links

Commons : Varzea Ant Panties - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

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

Individual evidence

↑ Varzeaisiklüpfer , in Avibase - The World Bird Database. Retrieved August 6, 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 ^d T. S. Schulenberg and GH Rosenberg: Leaden Antwren (Myrmotherula assimilis) , version 1.0. In: TS Schulenberg (editor): Birds of the World . 2020, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. Leaden Answers
^ JA Jobling: A Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. Oxford University Press. 1991, ISBN 0-19-854634-3 .
↑ Antbirds
↑ Redlist. Accessed August 6, 2020.

[avibase-1] Varzeaisiklüpfer , in Avibase - The World Bird Database. Retrieved August 6, 2020.

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

[Birds-3] T. S. Schulenberg and GH Rosenberg: Leaden Antwren (Myrmotherula assimilis) , version 1.0. In: TS Schulenberg (editor): Birds of the World . 2020, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. Leaden Answers

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

[5] Antbirds

[6] Redlist. Accessed August 6, 2020.