Spotted antbird
| Spotted antbird | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thamnophilidae |
| Genus: | Hylophylax |
| Species: | H. naevioides |
| Binomial name | |
| Hylophylax naevioides (Lafresnaye, 1847) | |
The spotted antbird (Hylophylax naevioides) is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. In southern Central America, it is found in Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama; also Colombia and Ecuador of northwestern South America. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Description
A smallish bird, measuring 11 cm (4.3 in) and weighing 16–19.5 g (0.56–0.69 oz). The male spotted antbird's plumage is a distinctive combination of a necklace of large black spots on a white chest, chestnut back, grey head, and black throat. The female is a duller version of the male, but also distinctive with large chest spots and two wide buffy wing-bars.[2]
Range and habitat
Forages as individuals or pairs in lower levels of mature, humid forests. Found in lowlands and foothills up to 1,000 m (3,300 ft).[2][3]
Diet
Spotted antbirds are known to follow army ant swarms to catch insects and other small animals trying to flee. They eat spiders, scorpions, cockroaches, katydids, crickets, centipedes, sowbugs, moths, beetles, caterpillars, ants, bristletails and, on occasion, lizards and frogs.
Nesting
This bird is an open-cup nesting species that lays an average clutch of 2 maroon-splotched white eggs,[4][5] which both adults incubate.[6] The nestling period is 11 days.[4][6]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Hylophylax naevioides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- 1 2 Angehr, George R.; Dean, Robert (2010). The Birds of Panama: A Field Guide. Zona Tropical. pp. 214–215. ISBN 978-0-8014-7674-7.
- ↑ Garrigues, Richard; Dean, Robert (2007). The Birds of Costa Rica: A Field Guide. Zona Tropical. pp. 180–181. ISBN 978-0-8014-7373-9.
- 1 2 Skutch, A.F. 1945. Incubation and nestling periods of Central American birds. Auk 62: 8-37.
- ↑ "Life History - Spotted Antbird". http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
- 1 2 Skutch, A.F. 1969. Life histories of Central American birds III. Pacific Coast Avifauna 35: 1-580.
External links
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- Spotted antbird videos, photos, and sounds at the Internet Bird Collection
- Spotted antbird photo gallery at VIREO (Drexel University)
- Spotted antbird species account at NeotropicalBirds (Cornell University)