ANTWREN, ANTSHRIKE, ANTBIRD
HORMIGUERITO, BATARÁ,
Tropical arboreal, secretive and territorial birds are found mostly in the Amazon region. 114 species. Long-legged, short-tailed. Males have dark grey plumage and brown in the female. Most follow army ants to prey on their insect preys. Some extremely dependent on the insects the ants feed on. Most species eat fruit, spiders, slugs, grasshoppers, cockroaches, praying mantises, and larvae of butterflies and moths. Larger species consume eat lizards and frogs. However, few are known to feed on ants. Usually in pairs. Most species mix with tanagers and other species of birds. Some snatch prey on the wing.
Aves tropicales difíciles de observar que habitan principalmente en la zona amazónica. Existen 114 especies. Poseen patas largas y colas largas. Machos con plumaje gris y color café en las hembras. Muchas especies dependen exclusivamente de las presas o insectos que las hormigas arrieras conducen en sus caminos. Sin embargo, no comen hormigas como su nombre lo indica. Consumen fruta, arañas, babosas, saltamontes, cucarachas, mantises, larvas y otros insectos. Algunas especies más grandes comen lagartijas y ranas pero pocas comen hormigas. Vuelan en pares y se mezclan con otras especies de aves. Algunas atrapan insectos con sus alas durante el vuelo.
OCELLATED ANTbird
Name in Spanish: Hormiguero Ocelado
Size/Tamaño: 8 in | 20 cm
Location: West of Colombia, northern Andes
Altura: <900 m
Status:
Phaenostictus mcleannani
MALE ♂︎
Photos by: ©Jorge Gabriel Campos
Phaenostictus mcleannani
FEMALE ♀︎alike
Photos by: ©Chris Sayers
Species of the Thamnophilidae family to photograph
Species de la familia Thamnophilidae por fotografiar
Scientific Name |
Name in Spanish |
Name in English |
Euchrepomis callinota |
Hormiguerito Culirrufo |
Rufous-rumped Antwren |
Euchrepomis humeralis |
Hormiguerito Hombricastaño |
Chestnut-shouldered Antwren |
Euchrepomis spodioptila |
Hormiguerito Lomirrojo |
Ash-winged Antwren |
Cymbilaimus lineatus |
Batará Capirotado |
Fasciated Antshrike |
Frederickena unduligerus |
Batará Ondulado |
Undulated Antshrike |
Frederickena fulva |
Batará Ondulado |
Fulvous Antshrike |
Taraba major |
Batará Grande |
Great Antshrike |
Sakesphorus canadensis |
Batará Copetón |
Black-crested Antshrike |
Thamnophilus doliatus |
Batará Barrado |
Barred Antshrike |
Thamnophilus multistriatus |
Batará Carcajada |
Bar-crested Antshrike |
Thamnophilus tenuepunctatus |
Batará Crestinegro |
Lined Antshrike |
Thamnophilus atrinucha |
Batará Occidental |
Black-crowned Antshrike |
Thamnophilus schistaceus |
Batará Pizarra |
Plain-winged Antshrike |
Thamnophilus murinus |
Batará Ratón |
Mouse-colored Antshrike |
Thamnophilus nigriceps |
Batará Negro |
Black Antshrike |
Thamnophilus cryptoleucus |
Batará Lustroso |
Castelnau’s Antshrike |
Thamnophilus nigrocinereus |
Batará Ceniciento |
Blackish-gray Antshrike |
Thamnophilus punctatus |
Batará Plomizo |
Northern Slaty -Antshrike |
Thamnophilus unicolor |
Batará Unicolor |
Uniform Antshrike |
Thamnophilus aethiops |
Batará Gris |
White-shouldered Antshrike |
Thamnophilus melanonotus |
Batará Encapuchado |
Black-backed Antshrike |
Thamnophilus amazonicus |
Batará Amazónico |
Amazonian Antshrike |
Megastictus margaritatus |
Hormiguero Perlado |
Pearly Antshrike |
Neoctantes niger |
Hormiguero Cuchillo |
Black Bushbird |
Clytoctantes alixii |
Hormiguero Piquicurvo |
Recurve-billed Bushbird |
Thamnistes anabatinus |
Hormiguero Bermejo |
Russet Antshrike |
Dysithamnus mentalis |
Hormiguero Tiznado |
Plain Antvireo |
Dysithamnus puncticeps |
Hormiguero Coronipunteado |
Spot-crowned Antvireo |
Dysithamnus occidentalis |
Hormiguero Occidental |
Bicolored Antvireo |
Dysithamnus leucostictus |
Hormiguero Cabecipunteado |
White-streaked Antvireo |
Thamnomanes ardesiacus |
Hormiguero Grisazul |
Dusky-throated Antshrike |
Thamnomanes caesius |
Hormiguero Cenizo |
Cinereous Antshrike |
Xenornis setifrons |
Hormiguero de Tacarcuna |
Spiny-faced Antshrike |
Isleria hauxwelli |
Hormiguerito Culipinto |
Plain-throated Antwren |
Pygiptila stellaris |
Hormiguero Alipunteado |
Spot-winged Antshrike |
Epinecrophyllafulviventris |
Hormiguerito Barbiescamado |
Checker-throated Antwren |
Epinecrophyllapyrrhonota |
Hormiguerito Lomicastaño |
Stipple-throated Antwren |
Epinecrophyllaspodionota |
Hormiguerito Ecuatoriano |
Foothill Antwren |
Epinecrophyllaornata |
Hormiguerito Barbado |
Ornate Antwren |
Epinecrophyllaerythrura |
Hormiguerito Colirrufo |
Rufous-tailed Antwren |
Myrmotherula brachyura |
Hormiguerito Pigmeo |
Pygmy Antwren |
Myrmotherula ignota |
Hormiguerito de Griscom |
Moustached Antwren |
Myrmotherula ambigua |
Hormiguerito Barbiamarillo |
Yellow-throated Antwren |
Myrmotherula surinamensis |
Hormiguerito Rayado |
Guianan Streaked-Antwren |
Myrmotherula multostriata |
Hormiguerito Estriado |
Amazonian Streaked -Antwren |
Myrmotherula pacifica |
Hormiguerito del Pacífico |
Pacific Antwren |
Myrmotherula cherriei |
Hormiguerito de Cherrie |
Cherrie’s Antwren |
Myrmotherula longicauda |
Hormiguerito Pechirrayado |
Stripe-chested Antwren |
Myrmotherula axillaris |
Hormiguerito Flanquiblanco |
White-flanked Antwren |
Myrmotherula schisticolor |
Hormiguerito Pizarroso |
Slaty Antwren |
Myrmotherula sunensis |
Hormiguerito del Churuyaco |
Rio Suno Antwren |
Myrmotherula longipennis |
Hormiguerito Alilargo |
Long-winged Antwren |
Myrmotherula behni |
Hormiguerito Cerrero |
Plain-winged Antwren |
Myrmotherula menetriesii |
Hormiguerito Murino |
Gray Antwren |
Myrmotherula assimilis |
Hormiguerito Ribereño |
Leaden Antwren |
Dichrozona cincta |
Hormiguerito Bandeado |
Banded Antbird |
Herpsilochmus dugandi |
Hormiguerito de Dugand |
Dugand’s Antwren |
Herpsilochmus dorsimaculatus |
Hormiguerito Dorsipunteado |
Spot-backed Antwren |
Herpsilochmus axillaris |
Hormiguerito Pechiamarillo |
Yellow-breasted Antwren |
Herpsilochmus rufimarginatus |
Hormiguerito Alirrufo |
Rufous-winged Antwren |
Microrhopias quixensis |
Hormiguerito Abanico |
Dot-winged Antwren |
Formicivora grisea |
Hormiguerito Pechinegro |
White-fringed Antwren |
Drymophila devillei |
Hormiguerito Estriado |
Striated Antbird |
Drymophila hellmayri |
Hormiguerito de Santa Marta |
Santa Marta Antbird |
Drymophila klagesi |
Hormiguerito Rabilargo |
Klages’ Antbird |
Drymophila caudata |
Hormiguerito Rabilargo |
East Andean Antbird |
Drymophila striaticeps |
Hormiguerito Rabilargo |
Streak-headed Antbird |
Hypocnemis flavescens |
Hormiguero Cantarín |
Imeri Warbling-Antbird |
Hypocnemis peruviana |
Hormiguero Peruano |
Peruvian Warbling-Antbird |
Hypocnemis hypoxantha |
Hormiguero Cejiamarillo |
Yellow-browed Antbird |
Cercomacroides parkeri |
Hormiguero de Parker |
Parker’s Antbird |
Cercomacroides tyrannina |
Hormiguero Negruzco |
Dusky Antbird |
Cercomacroides serva |
Hormiguero Cascabel |
Black Antbird |
Cercomacroides nigrescens |
Hormiguero Ceniciento |
Blackish Antbird |
Cercomacra cinerascens |
Hormiguero Nagüiblanco |
Gray Antbird |
Cercomacra nigricans |
Hormiguero Yeguá |
Jet Antbird |
Pyriglena leuconota |
Hormiguero Ojirrojo |
White-backed Fire-eye |
Myrmoborus leucophrys |
Hormiguero Cejiblanco |
White-browed Antbird |
Myrmoborus lugubris |
Hormiguero Pechicenizo |
Ash-breasted Antbird |
Myrmoborus myotherinus |
Hormiguero Carinegro |
Black-faced Antbird |
Hypocnemoides melanopogon |
Hormiguero Barbinegro |
Black-chinned Antbird |
Myrmochanes hemileucus |
Hormiguero Blanquinegro |
Black-and-white Antbird |
Gymnocichla nudiceps |
Hormiguero Calvo |
Bare-crowned Antbird |
Sclateria naevia |
Hormiguero Plateado |
Silvered Antbird |
Percnostola rufifrons |
Hormiguero Amazónico |
Black-headed Antbird |
Schistocichla schistacea |
Hormiguero Ribereño |
Slate-colored Antbird |
Schistocichla leucostigma |
Hormiguero Aligoteado |
Spot-winged Antbird |
Myrmeciza longipes |
Hormiguero Pechiblanco |
White-bellied Antbird |
Poliocrania exsul |
Hormiguero Dorsicastaño |
Chestnut-backed Antbird |
Sipia palliata |
Hormiguero del Magdalena |
Magdalena Antbird |
Sipia nigricauda |
Hormiguero de Esmeraldas |
Esmeraldas Antbird |
Sipia berlepschi |
Hormiguero Colimocho |
Stub-tailed Antbird |
Ammonastes pelzelni |
Hormiguero Carimoteado |
Gray-bellied Antbird |
Sciaphylax castanea |
Hormiguero Colicastaño Norteño |
Zimmer's Antbird |
Mymophylax atrothorax |
Hormiguero Gorginegro |
Black-throated Antbird |
Percnostola melanoceps |
Hormiguero Hombriblanco |
White-shouldered Antbird |
Myrmelastes hyperythra |
Hormiguero Plúmbeo |
Plumbeous Antbird |
Percnostola fortis |
Hormiguero Cariazul |
Sooty Antbird |
Percnostola zeledoni |
Hormiguero de Zeledon |
Zeledon's Antbird |
Percnostola immaculata |
Hormiguero de nariz azul |
Blue-lored Antbird |
Aprositornis disjuncta |
Hormiguero del Yapacana |
Yapacana Antbird |
Myrmornis torquata |
Gallito Selvático |
Wing-banded Antbird |
Pithys albifrons |
Hormiguero Empenachado |
White-plumed Antbird |
Gymnopithys bicolor |
Hormiguero Bicolor |
Bicolored Antbird |
Gymnopithys leucaspis |
Hormiguero Cariblanco |
White-cheeked Antbird |
Rhegmatorhina cristata |
Hormiguero Colorado |
Chestnut-crested Antbird |
Rhegmatorhina melanosticta |
Hormiguero Crestado |
Hairy-crested Antbird |
Hylophylax naevioides |
Hormiguero Collarejo |
Spotted Antbird |
Hylophylax naevius |
Hormiguero de Gargantilla |
Spot-backed Antbird |
Hylophylax punctulatus |
Hormiguero Dorsipunteado |
Dot-backed Antbird |
Willisornis poecilinotus |
Hormiguero Escamado |
Scale-backed Antbird |
Phlegopsis nigromaculata |
Hormiguero Caripelado |
Black-spotted Bare-eye |
Phlegopsis erythroptera |
Hormiguero Pavo |
Reddish-winged Bare-eye |