Yellow-breasted Warbling-Antbird
Hypocnemis subflava
Small short-tailed antbird of understory of dense humid forest. Yellow with black streaking, belly usually a duller yellowish tan. Distinguished from Peruvian Warbling-Antbird by its brighter yellow plumage. Typically found in dense viny habitats along rivers or forest clearings; where bamboo is present, largely restricted to this habitat. Often in pairs, but only rarely joins mixed species flocks. Song almost identical to Peruvian Warbling-Antbird, but some calls differ; in areas of overlap, they are typically found in different habitats: Yellow-breasted found in bamboo and dense secondary growth, Peruvian found in tree fall gaps and along streams in more mature rainforest.
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Hypocnemis subflava
- Authority
- Cabanis, 1873
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Thamnophilidae
- Genus
- Hypocnemis
Range and habitat
- Migration
- Resident species
Conservation
- Population trend
- rising
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Distribution
Bird Calls
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