Ash-winged antwren

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Ash-winged antwren
Euchrepomis spodioptila - Ash-winged antwren (male); Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.jpg
A male at Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thamnophilidae
Genus: Euchrepomis
Species:
E. spodioptila
Binomial name
Euchrepomis spodioptila
Euchrepomis spodioptila map.svg
Synonyms

Terenura spodioptila

The ash-winged antwren (Euchrepomis spodioptila) is a species of bird in subfamily Euchrepomidinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". [3] It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, and possibly Peru. [4]

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Taxonomy and systematics

The ash-winged antwren was described and illustrated by the English ornithologists Philip Sclater and Osbert Salvin in 1881 and given the binomial name Terenura spodioptila. [2] There it remained until the current genus Euchrepomis was created in 2012 following phylogenetic analysis. [5]

The ash-winged antwren has three subspecies, the nominate E. s. spodioptila (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1881), E. s. signata (Zimmer, JT, 1932), and E. s. meridionalis (Snethlage, E, 1925). [3]

Description

The ash-winged antwren is 9.5 to 11 cm (3.7 to 4.3 in) long and weighs about 6.5 to 7.5 g (0.23 to 0.26 oz). The sexes have different plumage. Adult males of the nominate subspecies have a whitish supercilium and a thin dark line through the eye on an otherwise gray face. Their crown and nape are black, their back, rump, and uppertail coverts rufous-chestnut, and their tail gray-brown. Their wing coverts are black with white tips that form two bars on the closed wing and their flight feathers black with pale gray edges. Their entire underparts are pale gray that is lightest on the throat and belly. Adult females have a yellowish brown crown, nape, and upper back; their supercilium, throat, breast, and flanks have a buffy-brown tinge. Subadults of both sexes have olive-green edges on their flight feathers. Subspecies E. s. signata males have chestnut lesser wing coverts. Subspecies E. s. meridionalis has olive edges on its flight feathers and a greenish yellow tinge on the tips of the wing coverts and the belly. [6] [7] [8] [9]

Distribution and habitat

The ash-winged antwren has a disjunct distribution. Its subspecies are found thus: [6]

The South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society has no documented records from Peru and so treats the ash-winged antwren as hypothetical in that country. [4]

The ash-winged antwren inhabits lowland evergreen forest, primarily terra firme . It almost exclusively stays in the forest subcanopy and canopy. In elevation it mostly occurs below 600 m (2,000 ft) but is found as high as 1,100 m (3,600 ft) in the tepuis of Venezuela and Brazil. [6] [7] [8] [9]

Behavior

Movement

The ash-winged antwren is thought to be a year-round resident throughout its range. [6]

Feeding

The ash-winged antwren feeds on arthropods but details of its diet are lacking. It typically forages in pairs though single birds and small family groups have been observed, and it almost always is seen as a member of a mixed-species feeding flock. It forages high in the canopy, moving quickly and acrobatically through dense foliage. [6] [7] [8] [9]

Breeding

The ash-winged antwren's breeding season appears to include November and December but nothing else is known about its breeding biology. [6]

Vocalization

The song of the nominate subspecies and the Brazilian population of E. s. signata is a "very high, thin, bouncing, descending, trilled rattle ending in 3 well-separated notes, like 'tsee-tsee-tsee-tsititrtrtr-tuut-tuut-tuut' ". [9] The song of E. s. meridionalis and the Peruvian population of E. s. signata lacks the three terminal notes. The species' call is "short and abrupt, sometimes in short series in which notes change pitch". [6]

Status

The IUCN has assessed the ash-winged antwren as being of Least Concern. It has a very large range but its population size is not known and is believed to be decreasing. No immediate threats have been identified. [1] It is considered fairly common in most of its range but is very scarce in Ecuador and "rather uncommon" in Colombia. [6] [7] [8] It occurs in several protected areas, and also in "contiguous expanses of intact suitable habitat that are not formally protected, but seem to be at little risk of being developed in [the] near future". [6]

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