Ringed Antpipit
A species of Antpipits Scientific name : Corythopis torquatus Genus : Antpipits
Ringed Antpipit, A species of Antpipits
Botanical name: Corythopis torquatus
Genus: Antpipits
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Description
The ringed antpipit (Corythopis torquatus) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is one of two species in the genus Corythopis. It is found in the Amazon Basin of Brazil and the Guianas, and Amazonian Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia; also Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and in eastern Venezuela in the Orinoco River drainage. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is named 'ringed' for its tawny-colored back-collar patch on its upper back, side-neck and upper shoulders, and is a small bird, medium-brownish to darkish gray, with a white breast with large vertical black streakings. It has dark black patches on its upper breast areas, and has a short tail. 
Size
14 cm
Nest Placement
Tree
Feeding Habits
Ringed Antpipit primarily feeds on arthropods, including a significant portion of beetles and ants. It forages alone, walking steadily on the forest floor and snatching prey from leaf undersides with a distinctive bill-snap.
Habitat
The ringed Antpipit is typically found in humid tropical evergreen forests, including both terra firme and areas of seasonal flooding or swamp-forests. They are less frequently situated in mid-successional river-margin forests and occasionally occupy secondary growth habitats but not as commonly as their relative C. delalandi. These birds inhabit regions characterized by dense vegetation and a warm, moist climate.
Dite type
Insectivorous
General Info
Feeding Habits
Bird food type
Distribution Area
The range of the ringed antpipit is the entire Amazon Basin, the Guianan region, Marajó Island, and the southeast Orinoco River Basin region in eastern Venezuela; also the downstream half of the neighboring Amazon Basin river system in the southeast, the Araguaia-Tocantins River, with the range ending easterly on the Atlantic coast of Brazil's Maranhão state. In the southern Amazon Basin approaching the northwestern Cerrado it approaches the range of its sister Corythopis species, southern antpipit, but the ranges do not intersect.
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Tyrant flycatchers Genus
Antpipits Species
Ringed Antpipit 
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