Yellow-breasted Warbling Antbird
A species of Warbling Antbirds Scientific name : Hypocnemis subflava Genus : Warbling Antbirds
Yellow-breasted Warbling Antbird, A species of Warbling Antbirds
Botanical name: Hypocnemis subflava
Genus: Warbling Antbirds
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Description
The yellow-breasted warbling antbird (Hypocnemis subflava) is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. Until recently, it was considered a subspecies of Hypocnemis cantator, but based on vocal differences and to a lesser degree differences in plumages it has been recommended treating them as separate species. As presently defined, the yellow-breasted warbling antbird includes a single subspecies, collinsi. The yellow-breasted warbling antbird was described by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis in 1873 and given its current binomial name Hypocnemis subflava. The yellow-breasted warbling antbird is found at lower levels in humid forest, especially in association with bamboo, in south-eastern Peru, northern Bolivia and south-western Brazil (Acre). It is locally sympatric with the Peruvian warbling antbird. Its conservation status has not been assessed by BirdLife International, but as it generally is fairly common, it is unlikely to be threatened.
Nest Placement
Shrub
Feeding Habits
Yellow-breasted Warbling Antbird consumes butterflies, crickets, caterpillars, beetles, and spiders, foraging on live and bamboo leaves or dead leaves, with a preference for river-edge forests. Their foraging occurs marginally lower to the ground compared to transitional forests.
Habitat
The yellow-breasted Warbling Antbird is primarily found in the understory to midstory of humid evergreen forests and dense vegetation near streamside forests. It prefers regions characterized by Guadua bamboo and has a noted presence in tall second-growth woodlands and forest gaps. It thrives along river edges more than in transitional forests, adapting to diverse local microhabitats but generally avoids terra firme forests.
Dite type
Insectivorous
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Feeding Habits
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Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Antbirds Genus
Warbling Antbirds Species
Yellow-breasted Warbling Antbird