White-browed Antbird

13 cm

White-browed Antbird primarily consumes insects and spiders, including orthopterans, beetles, ants, and lepidopterans. It forages close to the ground, moving diligently and using wing-assisted hops or short flights. Unique adaptations include following army ant swarms for prey while avoiding competition from specialized ant-following species.

White-browed Antbird predominantly resides in the understory and border areas of evergreen forests and adjacent tall second-growth regions. They have an affinity for a variety of disturbed or edge habitats, frequently gravitating towards areas near water such as várzea and transitional habitats, where dense shrub cover is present. White-browed Antbird is also found amidst Heliconia thickets in floodplain forests, and in certain regions, it inhabits bamboo thickets. Apart from aqueous environments, white-browed Antbird also thrives in shrubby forest borders, vegetated light-gaps caused by tree falls within terra firme forests, and to a lesser extent, in the shrubby peripheries of savanna woodlands on white-sand soils. It is important to note that white-browed Antbird's specific habitat preferences can vary regionally across its broad geographical distribution in the tropical forests of South America.