Band-tailed Antbird (Hypocnemoides maculicauda)
Male Band-tailed Antbird, River Javarí, Peru, September 2003 - click for larger image River Javarí, Peru
September 2003

The Band-tailed Antbird is distributed in the Amazon Basin south of the River Amazon and is a geographic replacement for Black-chinned Antbird Hypocnemoides melanopogon found to the north of the Amazon.

Male Band-tailed Antbird, River Javarí, Peru, September 2003 - click for larger image It is always found near water so is restricted to várzea and gallery forest. They are usually seen close to the ground and are often in pairs.

The male is grey with a black bib, 2 or 3 fringed white wing-bars and a broad white tip to the tail. The female is similar but below is white with greyish spots.

There are illustrations in HBW, Volume 8, Page 644; and Ridgely & Tudor, Volume 2, Plate 22.
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