Birds of Panama

    PASSERIFORMES: Thamnophilidae (Antbirds)  
Genus: Myrmotherula (4 species, 25 worldwide)


White-flanked Antwren
White-flanked Antwren (Myrmotherula axillaris heterozyga) Male
Puerto Maldonado, Peru  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

White-flanked Antwren
White-flanked Antwren (Myrmotherula axillaris albigula) Female
Bahia Solano, Choco, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Generally common. White flank often hidden.

Moustached Antwren
Moustached Antwren (Myrmotherula ignota ignota) Male
Panama Rainforest Discover Center, Colón province, Panama  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.

Very similar to the Pygmy Antwren but with a thicker malar stripe, and smaller (ProAves). The Moustached Antwren is also found in the Pacific coast lowlands, unlike the Pygmy Antwren. The male's crown is more black than white, and almost all black in the Amazon race.
This male Amazonian subspecies has an almost completely black cap.

Pacific Antwren
Pacific Antwren (Myrmotherula pacifica) Male
Farallones National Park, Colombia  
   
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Pacific Antwren
Pacific Antwren (Myrmotherula pacifica) Female
Bahia Solano, Choco, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Often found in secondary or degraded forest.

Slaty Antwren
Slaty Antwren (Myrmotherula schisticolor schisticolor) Male
Minga Ecolodge, Cali, Colombia  
   
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Slaty Antwren
Slaty Antwren (Myrmotherula schisticolor schisticolor) Female
Minga Ecolodge, Cali, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Found between 1000m and 2000m. Female may be unicolored or have a have grey back depending on subspecies.


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