Rufous-throated Antbird (Gymnopithys rufigula)
[order] PASSERIFORMES | [family] Thamnophilidae | [latin] Gymnopithys rufigula | [UK] Rufous-throated Antbird | [FR] Manikup a gorge rousse | [DE] Rotkehl-Ameisenvogel | [ES] Hormiguero Gorgirrufo | [NL] Roodkeelmiervogel
Subspecies
| Genus | Species | subspecies | Breeding Range | Breeding Range 2 | Non Breeding Range |
| Gymnopithys | rufigula | SA | nc, ne Amazonia | ||
| Gymnopithys | rufigula | pallidigula | |||
| Gymnopithys | rufigula | pallidus | |||
| Gymnopithys | rufigula | rufigula |
Physical charateristics
Upperparts of male umber-brown, forehead and lores blackish brown; chin and sides of throat chestnut. Center of chest fades in to buff. Underparts olive-brown. The female is alike except the wing patch which is cinnamon instead of white.
Listen to the sound of Rufous-throated Antbird
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| size min.: | 11 | cm | size max.: | 12 | cm |
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| fledging min.: | 13 | days | fledging max.: | 0 | days |
| broods: | 1 | eggs min.: | 1 | ||
| eggs max.: | 3 |
Range
South America : nc, Northeast Amazonia
Habitat
It is found in the understorey of tropical moist lowland forests.
Reproduction
Nest is cup shaped and made out of dead palm leaves and other fibre material. It is buiolt low above ground in cavity or deade stump. Clutch size 2 eggs, incubated by both parents, the female only at night. Chick brooding also by both parents with female at night. The faeces sacks are swallowed by the parents but when bigger just removed from the nest. After fledging the young are daytime brooded for about 8 days more.
Feeding habits
Forages 0-1 meter above ground for insects. Follows antswarms in small family groups, perches and gleans prey from surface. Will capture multiple prey in several seconds. Does not often sally and dominates smaller species when near ant swarms.
Conservation
This species has an extremely large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence <20,000 km2 combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). The population trend appears to be stable, and hence the species does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size has not been quantified, but it is not believed to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
Migration
Sedentary throughout range.
Distribution map
