Rusty-backed Antwren Formicivora rufa Brazilian name: papa-formiga-vermelho |
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Brazil These attractive little birds show a high degree of sexual dimorphism with the male being rufous brown above and the throat, breast and mid-belly being black surrounded by white while the female, seen here in photo 5, is white below with very conspicuous dark streaks on the throat and breast. |
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Like other members of the
Formicivora genus, it prefers scrubby habitat that is
found in cerrado, borders of gallery forest and white-sand
forest. It prefers more open areas than White-fringed
Antwren F. grisea.
It is to be found in the interior of south-central South America. |
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There are illustrations in
Ridgely & Tudor, Plate 20 and Sick, Plate 28. There are recordings and a distribution map on xeno-canto . |
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