Birds of the World - Herpsilochmus


Black-capped Antwren (Herpsilochmus atricapillus) Range: SA: e, se Brazil to c Bolivia, nw Argentina and Paraguay Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia
Photograph by Graham Ekins © All Rights Reserved.


Black-capped Antwren (Herpsilochmus atricapillus) Female Range: SA: e, se Brazil to c Bolivia, nw Argentina and Paraguay Fazenda Grotão, Brasilia, Brazil
Photograph by Rodrigo Conte © All Rights Reserved.


Yellow-breasted Antwren (Herpsilochmus axillaris senex) Male Range: SA: w Colombia to se Peru Tatama National Park, Pueblo Rico, Risaralda, Colombia Female has red cap.
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Uncommon. Moves with mixed flocks at mid altitude levels in the Andes. Wing bars yellow but often illustrated white. May overlap with Rufous-rumped Antwren, but note white on tail and grey back.
Note white on sides and end of tail.


Spot-backed Antwren (Herpsilochmus dorsimaculatus) Range: SA: nw Amazonia Inírida, Guainía, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Seen high in the canopy. Calls frequently.


Dugand's Antwren (Herpsilochmus dugandi) Male Range: SA: w Amazonia Yasuní Research Station, Orellana, Ecuador
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas) © All Rights Reserved.

Greyish Antwren with black cap. Female has rufous cap. Canopy species.


Rusty-winged Antwren (Herpsilochmus frater frater) Male Range: MA, SA: e Panama to Amazonia and ne Brazil Reserva Natural La Isla Escondida, Orito, Putumayo, Colombia Note longish black-and-white tail.
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Vocal. Found in canopy or mid-levels of forest. Note red cap on female. Once called Rufous-winged Antwren.

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Ancient Antwren (Herpsilochmus gentryi) Range: SA: e Ecuador and n Peru


Large-billed Antwren (Herpsilochmus longirostris) Male Range: SA: n Bolivia to c, se Brazil Pousada Piuval, Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas) © All Rights Reserved.


Large-billed Antwren (Herpsilochmus longirostris) Female Range: SA: n Bolivia to c, se Brazil Parque Vivencial II, Brasilia, DF, Brazil
Photograph by Rodrigo Conte © All Rights Reserved.


Creamy-bellied Antwren (Herpsilochmus motacilloides) Male Range: SA: e Peru Hacienda Armorique, Peru
Photograph by Bradley Hacker © All Rights Reserved.


Ash-throated Antwren (Herpsilochmus parkeri) Vulnerable Range: SA: nc Peru Moyobamba, Peru
Photograph by Vivek Tiwari © All Rights Reserved.


Pectoral Antwren (Herpsilochmus pectoralis) Male Vulnerable Range: SA: e Brazil Bahia, Brazil
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza © All Rights Reserved.

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Bahia Antwren (Herpsilochmus pileatus) Near Threatened Range: SA: e Brazil


Predicted Antwren (Herpsilochmus praedictus) Male Range: SA: w Brazil Beruri, Amazonas, Brazil
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A newly discovered species.

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Roraiman Antwren (Herpsilochmus roraimae) Range: SA: tepuis


Rufous-margined Antwren (Herpsilochmus rufimarginatus) Male Range: SA: e, se Brazil, e Paraguay and ne Argentina Brazil The Southern subspecies group in east and southeast Brazil has a green back.
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza © All Rights Reserved.

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Todd's Antwren (Herpsilochmus stictocephalus) Range: SA: Venezuela, the Guianas and ne Brazil

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Spot-tailed Antwren (Herpsilochmus sticturus) Range: SA: Venezuela, the Guianas and ne Brazil


Aripuana Antwren (Herpsilochmus stotzi) Range: SA: Aripuanã-Machado interfluvium (c Brazil) Machadinho D'Oeste, Rondônia, Brazil
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