Band-tailed Antwren Myrmotherula urosticta

Band-tailed Antwren Myrmotherula urosticta

Brazilian name: Choquinha-de-rabo-cintado

Porto Seguro, Bahia, Brazil
November 2008

The Band-tailed Antwren is distributed along the coast of east Brazil from central Bahia to northern Rio de Janeiro.

It is a Brazilian endemic and is classified as Vulnerable by Birdlife International .

It is found in lowland Atlantic Rain Forest, a habitat that is now very scarce and continues to be under threat. It feeds on insects in the mid-storey and understorey of the forest.

The male, shown here, has white wing-bars and a black throat patch. There is a white band at the end of the tail.

There are recordings on xeno-canto, a distribution map from NatureServe and additional information available via Avibase .

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