Peruvian Warbling-Antbird Hypocnemis peruviana

Brazilian name: papa-formiga-cantador

Male Peruvian Warbling-Antbird, River Javarí, Peru, September 2003 - click for larger image River Javarí, Peru
September 2003

The Peruvian Warbling-Antbird is found in most of the western Amazon Basin, west of the lower rio Negro and the rio Madeira. It is found in forest borders and secondary woodland often near water or marshes. It gleans in foliage and often picks its prey from the underside of leaves.

Male Peruvian Warbling-Antbird, River Javarí, Peru, September 2003 - click for larger image It is deep rufous on the flanks with more dark spots on the underparts and is generally darker than other memebers of the Warbling-Antbird complex.
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