São Paulo marsh antwren

São Paulo marsh antwren
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thamnophilidae
Genus: Formicivora
Species: F. paludicola
Binomial name
Formicivora paludicola
Buzzetti et al. 2013[1]
Synonyms
  • Stymphalornis paludicola

The São Paulo marsh antwren (Formicivora paludicola), or São Paulo antwren, is a species of bird in the antbird family. Described in 2013, it was formerly lumped with the marsh antwren. It is endemic to the state of São Paulo in Brazil.[1]

Description

Males can be distinguished from those of the marsh antwren by their black underparts and thighs, very dark grey-brown upperparts, and a smaller exposed culmen. Females are distinguished by their very dark grey-brown upperparts and flanks, and smaller exposed culmen.[1]

Distribution and habitat

The antwren has been found in fifteen small, isolated areas in the east of the state of São Paulo, not far from the city of São Paulo, in south-eastern Brazil. The sites lie within the headwaters of the Paraíba do Sul and Tietê Rivers, at elevations of 600–760 m. There it inhabits marshes with relatively tall (60–250 cm) vegetation. Much of its habitat is degraded and threatened by agricultural, industrial and residential development.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Buzzetti, Belmonte-Lopes; Reinert, Silveira & Bornschein (2013). "A new species of Formicivora Swainson, 1824 (Thamnophilidae) from the state of São Paulo, Brazil". Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia 21 (4): 269–291.