Similarly, some people refer to the Amazonian antshrike as puma pishcu (jaguar bird) because its call alerts people to the presence of a jaguar. Kohn, E.O., 2002. NATURAL ENGAGEMENTS AND ECOLOGICAL AESTHETICS AMONG THE AVILA RUNA OF AMAZONIAN ECUADOR
Category: Thamnophilidae
Species Limits In Antbirds (Thamnophilidae): The Warbling Antbird (Hypocnemis Cantator) Complex
Warbling Antbird (Hypocnemis cantator) Science Article 1 abstract Recordings examined. The following list identifies recordings used in the study by taxon, country, state or department, recording location, and recordist. Taxon codes reflect the names of current subspecies within whose range they fall. Numbers following the recordist name identify the number of cuts per recordist per […]
Nesting Records Of Five Antbird Species From The Colombian Amazon
Warbling Antbird (Hypocnemis cantator) Science Article abstract Few nests of Amazonian antbirds (Thamnophilidae and Formicariidae) have been described. Here we present nesting records for five species of antbirds found in Tinigua National Park, Colombia. A pouchshaped pensile nest of the Warbling Antbird (Hypocnemis cantator) in a treefall gap within seasonally flooded forest contained two eggs […]
The Rufous-Rumped Antwren (Terenura callinota) in Costa Rica
Rufous-rumped Antwren (Terenura callinota) Science Article 1 abstract Rufous-rumped Antwren (Terenura callinota) has a wide distribution from southern Middle America to Guyana and Peru, but is known chiefly from a handful of specimens from widely scattered localities. GARY STILES, Wilson Bulletin: Vol. 95, No. 3 Download article download full text (pdf)
A Nest of the White-plumed Antbird (Pithys albifrons) in Surinam
White-plumed Antbird (Pithys albifrons) Science Article 1 abstract The White-plumed Antbird (Pithys albifrons) is one of the birds that follows army ants in the undergrowth of northern South American forests. In Surinam, breeding records involve only collected specimens of young birds (Hayerschmidt 1968, Birds of Surinam, edinburgh-London, England, Oliver and Boyd, p. 267). Nest and […]
First record of the White-flanked Antwren (Myrmotherula axillaris) in Mexico
White-flanked Antwren (Myrmotherula axillaris) Science Article 1 abstract The White:flanked Antwren Myrmotherula axillaris has a wide distribution in the tropical zone, from northeastern Honduras south through Central America to South America, west of the Andes, to northwestern Ecuador and, east of the Andes, to northern Bolivia and southeastern Brazil (A.O.U. 1983). The northernmost record was […]
OBSERVATIONS ON THE NESTING OF SPOT-BACKED ANTBIRD(HYLOPHYLAX NaeVIA) IN EASTERN ECUADOR
Spot-backed Antbird (Hylophylax naevius) Science Article 1 abstract Hylophylax antbirds are a small genus of plump, short-tailed antbirds ranging fromHonduras to northern Bolivia, generally below 1100 m elevation, and often associatedwith ant swarms (Hilty & Brown 1989, Ridgely & Tudor 1994, del Hoyo et al. 2003). The Spot-backed Antbird (H. naevia) ranges from southeastern Colombia, […]
THE BEHAVIOR OF SCALE-BACKED ANTBIRDS
Scale-backed Antbird (Hylophylax poecilinotus) Science Article 2 abstract Among birds that regularly capture arthropods flushed by swarms of army ants in South American forests (Willis and Oniki 1978), one of the species lowest in peck orders is the Scale-backed Antbird (Hylophylux poecilinota). Here I report on the specialized behavior patterns that allow it to become […]
NESTING RECORDS OF FIVE ANTBIRD SPECIES FROM THECOLOMBIAN AMAZON
Scale-backed Antbird (Hylophylax poecilinotus) Science Article 1 abstract Few nests of Amazonian antbirds (Thamnophilidae and Formicariidae) have been described.Here we present nesting records for five species of antbirds found in Tinigua National Park, Colombia. A pouchshapedpensile nest of the Warbling Antbird (Hypocnemis cantator) in a treefall gap within seasonally floodedforest contained two eggs colored like […]
PARENTAL CARE AND NESTING IN THE RUFOUS-THROATED ANTBIRD, GYMNOPZTHYS RUFIGULA, IN AMAPA, BRAZIL
Rufous-throated Antbird (Gymnopithys rufigula) Science Article 1 abstract On 26 April 1968, while studying ant-following birds at Serra do Navio (0′ 55′ N, 52′ 01′ W), Amapa, Brazil, I found a nest of a Rufous-throated Antbird (Gymnopithys rufigula) with two nestlings about 2 or 3 days old. YOSHIKA ONIKI, Wilson Bull. Vol. 83, No. 4 […]