Wing-banded antbird
Wing-banded antbird | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thamnophilidae |
Genus: | Myrmornis Hermann, 1783 |
Species: | M. torquata
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Binomial name | |
Myrmornis torquata (Boddaert, 1783)
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The wing-banded antbird (Myrmornis torquata) is a species of
Taxonomy and systematics
The wing-banded antbird was described by French polymath
The further taxonomy of the wing-banded antbird is unsettled. The
The wing-banded antbird has also been called the wing-banded antpitta and wing-banded antthrush. The "northern" wing-banded antbird has also been called the buff-banded antbird.[13]
This article follows the single species, two subspecies model.
Description
The wing-banded antbird is 14.5 to 15.5 cm (5.7 to 6.1 in) long and weighs 40 to 50 g (1.4 to 1.8 oz). It is distinctively plumaged, and its short tail and legs and "dumpy" body are also unusual among antbirds. The sexes have different plumage. Adult males of the nominate subspecies have a mostly black and white speckled face and the sides of the neck. Bare blue skin surrounds their eye. Their crown and nape are reddish brown. Their back feathers are grayish brown with reddish brown edges and black spots. Their rump and uppertail
Distribution and habitat
The wing-banded antbird has a disjunct distribution. Subspecies M. t. stictoptera is the more northerly of the two and has a much smaller range than the nominate. It is found separately in southeastern Honduras and northeastern Nicaragua, in southeastern Nicaragua, and from the region of the Panama Canal east into northwestern Colombia. The nominate subspecies has two populations. One extends from central and southeastern Colombia, through northeastern Ecuador where it is scarce and local, and into northern Peru. The other extends from southeastern Venezuela east through the Guianas, east in Brazil to the Atlantic Ocean, and south in Amazonian Brazil to eastern Rondônia and northern Mato Grosso.[14][15][16][17][18]
The wing-banded antbird inhabits humid lowland and foothill evergreen forest, where it is found almost exclusively on and near the ground. It favors terra firme, often among hills. In elevation it occurs from sea level to about 1,250 m (4,100 ft) in Central America but in South America is seldom found above 900 m (3,000 ft) and typically reaches only 400 m (1,300 ft) in Colombia and Ecuador.[14][15][16][17][18]
Behavior
Movement
The wing-banded antbird is thought to be a year-round resident throughout its range.[14]
Feeding
The wing-banded antbird feeds mostly on
Breeding
The wing-banded antbird appears to have an extended nesting season, with records from March to May in both Central and South America and also from July to October in South America. Both subspecies build a cup nest of plant and fungal fibers suspended in a shrub or sapling, usually within 2 m (7 ft) of the ground. The clutch size is one egg. The incubation period, time to fledging, and details of parental care are not known.[14]
Vocalization
The song of the wing-banded antbird's nominate subspecies is a "series of 2-30 gradually rising, stressed, ringing 'weew' notes".[16] That of M. t. stictoptera is similar but has upslurred notes and is faster.[14] The species' call is "a nasal 'chirr' or churr' ".[18]
Status
The
References
- ^ a b BirdLife International (2022). "Southern Wing-banded Antbird Myrmornis torquata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T103660209A167229792. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ^ a b BirdLife International (2022). "Northern Wing-banded Antbird Myrmornis stictoptera". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T22724765A140565098. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
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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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