Humaita antbird

Last updated

Humaita antbird
Myrmelastes humaythae - Humaita antbird (male), Careiro, Amazonas, Brazil.jpg
male at Careiro, Amazonas state, Brazil
Myrmelastes humaythae - Humaita antbird (female), Careiro, Amazonas, Brazil 01.jpg
female at Careiro, Amazonas state, Brazil
Scientific classification Red Pencil Icon.png
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thamnophilidae
Genus: Myrmelastes
Species:
M. humaythae
Binomial name
Myrmelastes humaythae
(Hellmayr, 1907)
Myrmelastes humaythae map.svg
Synonyms
  • Percnostola humaythae
  • Schistocichla leucostigma humaythae
  • Schistocichla humaythae

The Humaita antbird (Myrmelastes humaythae) is a species of passerine bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in humid forest in the south-western Amazon in Brazil and Bolivia.

Until recently, the Humaita antbird was considered a subspecies of the spot-winged antbird. A 2007 study of the vocal characteristics found significant differences between the taxa and based on this evidence the Humaita antbird was promoted to species status. [2] [3] [4] As presently defined, the Humaita antbird is monotypic. [3]

The conservation status of the Humaita antbird has been assessed by BirdLife International to be of Least Concern. [1]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Willis's antbird</span> Species of bird

Willis's antbird, also known as the laeta antbird, is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is endemic to Brazil. It was formerly considered a subspecies of dusky antbird.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bicolored antbird</span> Species of bird

The bicolored antbird is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in Honduras south to Panama, western Colombia and Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Common scale-backed antbird</span> Species of bird

The common scale-backed antbird is a species of passerine bird in the antbird family, Thamnophilidae. It is found in the Amazon of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland forests. As with other species of antbirds, it regularly follows swarms of army ants as they flush insects and other arthropods out of the leaf litter.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Plumbeous antbird</span> Species of bird

The plumbeous antbird is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fire-eye</span> Genus of birds

The fire-eyes, Pyriglena, are a genus of birds in the antbird family Thamnophilidae.The genus contains 5 species, all found in South America. The fire-eyes are 16–18 cm in length, weigh 25-36 g and have characteristic red eyes that give them their name. They have sexually dimorphic plumage, with the females possessing brown to buff coloured bodies with black tails, and the males being black with small patches of white on the back or wings. The fire-eyes eat a variety of insects, and will regularly follow army ants in order to catch prey flushed by them. Two of the fire-eyes are widespread and safe, but one species, the fringe-backed fire-eye, is threatened with extinction.

<i>Myrmelastes</i> Genus of birds

Myrmelastes is a genus of passerine birds in the family Thamnophilidae. Most of these species were previously placed in the genus Schistocichla. The genus formerly included only three species, but several taxa previously considered subspecies of the spot-winged antbird have been elevated to species status.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Spot-winged antbird</span> Species of bird

The spot-winged antbird is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in humid forest in the Amazon north of the Amazon River, and in the far western Amazon and adjacent lower east Andean slopes.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Imeri warbling antbird</span> Species of bird

The Imeri warbling antbird is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found at lower levels in humid forest in southern Venezuela, south-eastern Colombia and north-western Brazil.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Peruvian warbling antbird</span> Species of bird

The Peruvian warbling antbird is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It was considered a subspecies of Hypocnemis cantator, but based on vocal differences and to a lesser degree differences in plumages, it has been recommended that they be treated as separate species. As presently defined, the Peruvian warbling antbird includes a single subspecies, saturata. It has a black, white, and grey head and breast, with rufous flanks and a dull brown lower back and tail.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Yellow-breasted warbling antbird</span> Species of bird

The yellow-breasted warbling antbird is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. Until recently, it was considered a subspecies of Hypocnemis cantator, but based on vocal differences and to a lesser degree differences in plumages it has been recommended treating them as separate species. As presently defined, the yellow-breasted warbling antbird includes a single subspecies, collinsi.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Spix's warbling antbird</span> Species of bird

Spix's warbling antbird is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rondonia warbling antbird</span> Species of bird

The Rondônia warbling antbird is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. Until recently, it was considered a subspecies of the Guianan warbling antbird, but based on vocal differences and to a lesser degree differences in plumages they are now treated as separate species. As presently defined, the Rondonia warbling antbird is monotypic.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rufous-faced antbird</span> Species of bird

The rufous-faced antbird is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in humid forest in the Brazilian Amazon south of the Amazon River and east of the Madeira River.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brownish-headed antbird</span> Species of bird

The brownish-headed antbird is a species of passerine bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in humid forest in the far south-western Amazon in Peru and Bolivia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roraiman antbird</span> Species of bird

The Roraiman antbird is a species of passerine bird in the family Thamnophilidae.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">White-cheeked antbird</span> Species of bird

The white-cheeked antbird is an insectivorous bird in the antbird family Thamnophilidae. It is found to the east of the Andes in Ecuador, Colombia, northern Peru and western Brazil. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Xingu scale-backed antbird</span> Species of bird

The Xingu scale-backed antbird is a species of antbird from the south-eastern Amazon in Brazil. Until 2011, it was usually included as a subspecies of the common scale-backed antbird. Its English name refers to the Xingu River. In addition to the nominate subspecies, it includes the subspecies W. v. nigrigula.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Magdalena antbird</span> Species of bird

The Magdalena antbird is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Zeledon's antbird</span> Species of bird

Zeledon's antbird is a species of antbird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found at low levels in humid forests from Nicaragua to Panama, and in the Chocó of western Colombia and western Ecuador. Zeledon's antbird feeds on insects, and regularly follows swarms of army ants in order to catch prey flushed by the swarms, but it is not an obligate ant-follower like some species of antbirds.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rio Madeira stipplethroat</span> Species of bird

The Rio Madeira stipplethroat, also called Madeira stipple-throated antwren, Madeira antwren or Rio Madeira antwren, is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae found in Brazil and Bolivia. Until 2014, it was considered a subspecies of the rufous-backed stipplethroat. The Rio Madeira stipplethroat has two subspecies:

References

  1. 1 2 BirdLife International (2016). "Myrmelastes humaythae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22736158A95125459. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22736158A95125459.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. Isler, M.L.; Isler, P.R.; Whitney, B.M.; Zimmer, K.J. (2007). "Species limits in the "Schistocichla" complex of Percnosticla antbirds (Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae)". Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 119 (1): 53–70. doi:10.1676/05-121.1. S2CID   84340283.
  3. 1 2 Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Antbirds". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  4. "Proposal (301): Elevate subspecies humaythae, brunneiceps, and rufifacies (within Schistocichla leucostigma) to species rank". South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society. 2006. Retrieved 31 January 2018.