Yunga ant panties

Yunga ant panties
Systematics
Subordination :	Screeching Birds (Tyranni)
Family :	Ant birds (Thamnophilidae)
Subfamily :	Thamnophilinae
Tribe :	Formicivorini
Genre :	Myrmotherula
Type :	Yunga ant panties
Scientific name
	Myrmotherula grisea
	Carriker , 1935

The yunga ant hatch ( Myrmotherula grisea ) belongs to the genus Myrmotherula within the ant bird family (Thamnophilidae) .

The species is endemic to Bolivia and occurs in the western Andean foothills ( La Paz , Cochabamba , Santa Cruz ). Recently it was also found in the extreme southwest of Peru in the Puno region.

The distribution area includes tropical or subtropical dry forest or moist mountain forest at an altitude of 600–1500 m.

The type epithet comes from the Latin griseus 'gray' .

features

The bird is 8 to 10 cm tall and weighs between 8 and 10 g. The male is uniformly gray, only the wings and tail are darker, rather brown-gray, the under wing-coverts light gray. The female is olive-brown with a grayish cap on the upper side, the tail is dark brown with red-brown edges. The chin and throat are brownish-yellow, the underside ocher-colored with brown flanks. Yellowish-brown spots can be seen in young birds.

The species is monotypical .

voice

The singing is described as a rapid sequence of 6 to 8 sounds "piiyr".

Way of life

The food consists of various insects including grasshoppers and cockroaches , including spiders , which are hunted individually, in pairs or in family groups at 1 to 15 m above the ground.

The breeding season is not known.

Hazardous situation

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

literature

MA Carriker Jr: Descriptions of New Birds from Bolivia, with Notes on Other Little-Known Species. In: Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia , Volume 87, pp. 313-341, 1935, JSTOR

Web links

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

Individual evidence

↑ Yungas ant panties , in Avibase - The World Bird Database. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
↑ ^a ^b ^c K. Zimmer, ML Isler and CJ Sharpe: Ashy Antwren (Myrmotherula grisea) , 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. Ashy Answers
^ JA Jobling: A Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. Oxford University Press, 1991, ISBN 0-19-854634-3 .
↑ Redlist.Retrieved August 17, 2020.

[avibase-1] Yungas ant panties , in Avibase - The World Bird Database. Retrieved August 17, 2020.

[Birds-2] K. Zimmer, ML Isler and CJ Sharpe: Ashy Antwren (Myrmotherula grisea) , 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. Ashy Answers

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

[4] Redlist.Retrieved August 17, 2020.