White stripe ant panties

White stripe ant panties
	White-stripe ant hatchers, males
Systematics
Subordination :	Screeching Birds (Tyranni)
Family :	Ant birds (Thamnophilidae)
Subfamily :	Thamnophilinae
Tribe :	Formicivorini
Genre :	Myrmotherula
Type :	White stripe ant panties
Scientific name
	Myrmotherula cherriei
	Berlepsch & EJO Hartert , 1902

The white stripe ant hatchers ( Myrmotherula cherriei ) belong to the genus Myrmotherula within the ant bird family (Thamnophilidae) .

The species is found in northwestern Brazil , southern Colombia , northeastern Peru and Venezuela .

The distribution area includes tropical or subtropical moist lowland forest, tropical dry bushland, savannah on river banks and forest edges not necessarily up to 500 m in the vicinity of water.

The Latin species addition refers to George Cherrie .

features

The bird is 9 to 10 cm tall and weighs between 7 and 9 g. The male is black and white, on the upper side predominantly black and wide white striped, the wing covers have white tips, the flight feathers white edges. The interscapular spot is white, the tail feathers black with white edges and pointy spots. It has a black chin stripe, the ear covers are unstriped white, the underside and throat are white with black dashes, the flanks are gray. The species differs from the very similar Guiana stick ant panties ( Myrmotherula surinamensis ) by the narrower interscapular spot. The female has no interscapular spot and is cinnamon colored on the elytra, head and chest. Young birds look like a mix between males and females.

The species is monotypical .

voice

The song is described as a slow trill that lasts a few seconds, similar to that of the Guayana barbed ant hatchers ( Myrmotherula surinamensis ) and the Amazonian barbed ant hatchers ( Myrmotherula multostriata ), but with a clear rising pitch and steady speed.

Way of life

The diet consists mainly of insects , which are hunted as a pair, sometimes in mixed hunting communities, mostly at low to medium altitude.

The breeding season is not exactly known.

Hazardous situation

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

literature

Hans Hermann Carl Ludwig von Berlepsch, Ernst Hartert: Myrmotherula cherriei. In: On the Birds of the Orinoco region . In: Novitates zoologicae: a journal of zoology in connection with the Tring Museum . Volume 9, No. 1, 1902, p. 72, Biodiversity Library .

Web links

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

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

Individual evidence

Jump up ↑ White Stripe Ants' panties , in Avibase - The World Bird Database. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
^ ^A ^b ^c M. McMullan: Field Guide to the Birds of Colombia Rey Naranjo Editores, 2018, ISBN 978-958-8969-77-0
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d K. Zimmer, ML Isler and E. De Juana: Cherrie's Antwren (Myrmotherula cherriei) , 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. Cherrie's answers
↑ Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins: Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds , 2003, [ ISBN 978-0-7136-6647-2 ] (English).
↑ Redlist.Retrieved July 26, 2020.

[avibase-1] Jump up ↑ White Stripe Ants' panties , in Avibase - The World Bird Database. Retrieved July 29, 2020.

[Miles-2] A ^b ^c 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 E. De Juana: Cherrie's Antwren (Myrmotherula cherriei) , 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. Cherrie's answers

[4] Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins: Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds , 2003, [ ISBN 978-0-7136-6647-2 ] (English).

[5] Redlist.Retrieved July 26, 2020.