Plain-throated Antwren Isleria
hauxwelli (aka Myrmotherula hauxwelli) Brazilian name: choquinha-de-garganta-clara |
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Brazil
Not only does this bird have a plain throat, the male, seen here in photos 1 and 3, also has two white wing-bars on its black wings, white tips to the tertials seen on either side of the back, and a white tip to its short tail. The female (photo 2) is olive-brown above with buff replacing the male's white on the wing-bars and below it is bright cinnamon-rufous with a paler throat. |
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This female is particularly dark below because it belongs to the sub-species I. h. hellmayri. The males
are of the nominate sub-species.
Unlike most Myrmotherula antwrens, the Plain-throated stays fairly close to the ground and is usually seen clinging sideways to vertical saplings. |
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It is found in humid, tropical forest in the Amazon Basin south of the River Amazon. See the distribution map at Birdlife International. |
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