Black-and-white Antbird (Myrmochanes hemileucus)

Order: Passeriformes | Family: Thamnophilidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern

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Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Marchanteria, Brazil

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Age: Adult | Sex: Female | Loc. Orellana, Ecuador

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Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Iquitos, Peru

Identification & Behavior: ~11.5 cm (4.5 in). The male Black-and-White Antbird has black upperparts with white wing bars and a white patch on the back and shoulder. The tail is black tipped with large white dots. The underparts are pure white. The female is very similar to the male but lacks the bushy crest and the white patch on the back. It forages in thickets, scrub, and mixed Paspalum sp grass near the water on river islands and the mainland. It is smaller than a male Great Antshrike.

Status: The Black-and-White Antbird is uncommon along major rivers and river islands in Amazonia. It also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, and Bo.

Name in Spanish: Hormiguero Negro y Blanco.

Sub-species: Black-and-white Antbird (Myrmochanes hemileucus), (P. L. Sclater and Salvin), 1866.

Meaning of Name: Myrmochanes: Gr. Murmos=ant and khaino= to gape greedily. hemileucus: Gr. Hemi,hemisus= half and leukos= white.

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References:

- - Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 03/01/2017.
- Sitewide References.