Aripuanaameisenfänger

Bestimmung

The Aripuana antwren is 11 to 12 cm (4.3 to 4.7 in) long and weighs about 11 g (0.39 oz). Adult males have a black crown and nape, a long whitish supercilium, and a black streak through the eye. The rest of their upperparts are gray. Their wings are black with white tips on the coverts and white edges on the flight feathers. Their tail is black with large white feather tips and white edges on the outermost. Their throat is pale creamy white and their breast and belly whitish. Adult females have an orangish forehead and a black crown with white streaks. Their upperparts are gray. Their throat is a creamier white than the male's and the rest of their underparts are whiter than the male's.

Taxonomie

The Aripuana antwren was first discovered in 1986 and at the time was thought to be a subpopulation of the black-capped antwren (H. atriacapillus). It was recognized as a species and so described in 2013 and recognition by regional and worldwide taxonomic systems followed. Its specific epithet honors the discoverer Douglas Stotz.<p>The Aripuana antwren is monotypic.

Wissenschaftlicher Name

Herpsilochmus stotzi

Autorität

Whitney, Cohn-Haft, Bravo, Schunck & Silveira, 2013

Ordnung

Passeriformes

Familie

Thamnophilidae

Gattung

Herpsilochmus

Verbreitung und Lebensraum

The Aripuana antwren was first described from the area between the rios Aripuanã and Machado (the interfluvium) in Rondônia. It is now known somewhat more widely along the right bank of the Rio Madeira and along the Rio Roosevelt in more of Rondônia, southeastern Amazonas, and northwestern Mato Grosso. It primarily inhabits old-growth campinarana forest on nutrient-poor soil. The trees seldom exceed 20 m (66 ft) in height. It also occurs in tall undisturbed terra firme where it favors areas with Lepidocaryum tenue palms.

Zugverhalten

Standvogel

Verhalten

Zugverhalten: Standvogel.

Schutzstatus

Bestandstrend: rückläufig.

Bestandstrend

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