Black-throated antbird
Black-throated antbird | |
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A male at Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thamnophilidae |
Genus: | Myrmophylax Todd, 1927 |
Species: | M. atrothorax
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Binomial name | |
Myrmophylax atrothorax (Boddaert, 1783)
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Synonyms | |
Myrmeciza atrothorax |
The black-throated antbird (Myrmophylax atrothorax) is a species of
Taxonomy and systematics
The black-throated antbird was described by the French polymath
The black-throated antbird was usually placed in the genus
The black-throated antbird is the only member of its genus. It has these five subspecies:[2]
- M. a. metae (Meyer de Schauensee, 1947)
- M. a. atrothorax (Boddaert, 1783)
- M. a. tenebrosa (Zimmer, JT, 1932)
- M. a. maynana (Taczanowski, 1882)
- M. a. melanura (Ménétries, 1835)
Three additional subspecies have been proposed but they are considered color morphs of M. a. melanura.[10][11]
Description
The black-throated antbird is 13 to 14 cm (5.1 to 5.5 in) long and weighs 14 to 18 g (0.49 to 0.63 oz). Adult males of the
Subspecies M. a. metae has gray edges on the black breast feathers, giving a spotty appearance. M. a. tenebrosa has much darker upperparts than the nominate with much smaller light tips on the wing coverts. Males have blackish gray flanks and belly; females are darker all over than the nominate. M. a. maynana males have sooty gray upperparts with a faint brownish wash. M. a. melanura is quite variable in its differences from the nominate. In most areas males have a grayer forecrown and
Distribution and habitat
The subspecies of the black-throated antbird are found thus:[10]
- M. a. metae: central Colombia's Meta and Guaviare departments
- M. a. atrothorax: southern Venezuela, extreme east-central Colombia, the Guianas, and northern Brazil from the Rio Negro east to Amapá state
- M. a. tenebrosa: north of the Amazon in eastern Ecuador, northeastern Peru, and northern Brazil east to the Rio Negro
- M. a. maynana: north-central Peru south of the Rio Marañón
- M. a. melanura: south of the Amazon in eastern Peru, northern and central Bolivia, and locally in western and central Brazil east to Mato Grosso state
The black-throated antbird inhabits a variety of landscapes, many of which are closely associated with water. It much of its range it occurs in lowland
Behavior
Movement
The black-throated antbird is believed to be a year-round resident throughout its range.[10]
Feeding
The black-throated antbird feeds on
Breeding
The black-throated antbird's nesting season has not been fully described but appears to vary geographically. One nest was a cup made of dead leaves lined with softer fibers placed in a clump of sedge low over water. It contained one nestling that was being fed by both parents. Nothing else is known about the species' breeding biology.[10]
Vocalization
The black-throated antbird's song is a "very high, slightly decelerating series of 4-8 very sharp 'chee' notes, starting with a stuttered 'tutu', then slightly rising in strength and in pitch, together as 'tutu-chee-cheé- -' ".[12] Its calls include a "sharply downslurred...note" and a "mixture of abrupt 'chit' notes given in short bursts mixed with moderately long...flat whistles".[10]
Status
The
References
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- ^ Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2024). "Antbirds". IOC World Bird List. v 14.1. Retrieved January 4, 2024.
- ^ Buffon, Georges-Louis Leclerc de (1779). "L'Alapi". Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux (in French). Vol. 8. Paris: De l'Imprimerie Royale. p. 257.
- ^ Buffon, Georges-Louis Leclerc de; Martinet, François-Nicolas (1765–1783). Planches Enluminées D'Histoire Naturelle. Vol. 8. Paris: De L'Imprimerie Royale. Plate 701 fig. 2, L'alapi de Cayenne.
- ^ Boddaert, Pieter (1783). Table des planches enluminéez d'histoire naturelle de M. D'Aubenton : avec les denominations de M.M. de Buffon, Brisson, Edwards, Linnaeus et Latham, precedé d'une notice des principaux ouvrages zoologiques enluminés (in French). Utrecht. p. 44 Number 701 fig 2.
- ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1951). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 7. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 238.
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- ^ Todd, W. E. Clyde (1927). "New gnateaters and antbirds from tropical America, with a revision of the genus Myrmeciza and its allies". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 40: 149–177 [172–173].
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- ^ Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, G. Del-Rio, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 26 November 2023. A classification of the bird species of South America. American Ornithological Society. https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm retrieved November 27, 2023
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