July 2001
The Pygmy Antwren is very small with a tiny tail. The male, seen in these photos, is heavily streaked black on white above and pale yellow below. The white throat is bordered by a black malar stripe and there are two white wing-bars.
It is found in the Amazon and Orinoco Basins. It prefers forest and secondary growth woodland where it is often found, usually in pairs, in viny tangles from mid levels to just under the forest canopy.
There are illustrations in Ridgely & Tudor, Volume 2, Plate 19; Hilty & Brown, Plate 28; and Ridgely & Greenfield, Plate 61.
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