Birds of Venezuela

    PASSERIFORMES: Thamnophilidae (Antbirds)  
Genus: Myrmotherula (11 species, 25 worldwide)


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Yellow-throated Antwren (Myrmotherula ambigua)
   


A difficult canopy species with a distinctive sound.

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.

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Plain-winged Antwren (Myrmotherula behni)
   


Plain-winged means unspotted or without wing bars. Male is grey with a black chest and female is cream/rufous similar to White-flanked Antwren female.

Pygmy Antwren
Pygmy Antwren (Myrmotherula brachyura)
Amacayacu National Park, Amazonas, Colombia  
   
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Very similar to the Moustached Antwren but with a thinner malar stripe and roughly even black and white stripes on crown.

Cherrie's Antwren
Cherrie's Antwren (Myrmotherula cherriei) Male
Inírida, Guainía, Colombia  
   
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Cherrie's Antwren
Cherrie's Antwren (Myrmotherula cherriei) Female
Inírida, Guainía, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Eating stick bug.

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.

Long-winged Antwren
Long-winged Antwren (Myrmotherula longipennis) Male and Female
Brazil  
   
Photograph by Philip Stouffer   © All Rights Reserved.

Long-winged Antwren
Long-winged Antwren (Myrmotherula longipennis longipennis) Female
Mitu, Vaupes, Colombia  
   
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Grey Antwren
Grey Antwren (Myrmotherula menetriesii)
Venezuela  
   
Photograph by David Ascanio - www.abtbirds.com   © All Rights Reserved.

Grey Antwren
Grey Antwren (Myrmotherula menetriesii) Female
Brazil  
   
Photograph by Philip Stouffer   © All Rights Reserved.

A typical antwren that can be found in healthy forest but also fragments of secondary forest. Male has pale throat except in southeast Peru, south Brazil and Bolivia where the throat is black.

Amazonian Streaked Antwren
Amazonian Streaked Antwren (Myrmotherula multostriata) Male
Puerto Nariño, Amazonas, Colombia  
   
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Amazonian Streaked Antwren
Amazonian Streaked Antwren (Myrmotherula multostriata) Female
Puerto Nariño, Amazonas, Colombia  
   
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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.

Guianan Streaked Antwren
Guianan Streaked Antwren (Myrmotherula surinamensis) Male
Inírida, Guainía, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Guianan Streaked Antwren
Guianan Streaked Antwren (Myrmotherula surinamensis) Female
Venezuela  
   
Photograph by David Ascanio - www.abtbirds.com   © All Rights Reserved.

Male very similar to Amazonian Streaked Antwren, while female is darker. Species possibly overlap in east Colombia (Inirida).


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