Pygmy Antwren
A species of Streaked Antwrens and Allies Scientific name : Myrmotherula brachyura Genus : Streaked Antwrens and Allies
Pygmy Antwren, A species of Streaked Antwrens and Allies
Botanical name: Myrmotherula brachyura
Genus: Streaked Antwrens and Allies
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Description
The pygmy antwren (Myrmotherula brachyura) is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae, the antbirds. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, and heavily degraded former forest. The pygmy antwren is a bird of the entire Amazon Basin, the Guianan region, and the southeast Orinoco River Basin in Venezuela; besides northern Brazil, it occurs in Amazonian Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. 
Size
8 cm
Nest Placement
Shrub
Feeding Habits
Pygmy Antwren consumes a varied diet of small insects such as lepidopterans and orthopterans, including spiders. Foraging in groups up to 25 meters high, pygmy Antwren joins mixed-species flocks, indicating a social feeding pattern. Unique for its perch-gleaning from leaves and branches, it also exhibits fluttering sallies to catch prey, often accompanied by wing-flicking.
Habitat
The pygmy Antwren is typically found in the dense canopies and subcanopies of lowland evergreen forests, which include environments such as terra firme and várzea forests, as well as transitional and foothill evergreen forests. This species exhibits a preference for forest edges, such as those near treefalls, and thrives in vine tangles and areas of the canopy with dense leaf layers, primarily occupying the lower canopy or upper mid-storey. Pygmy Antwren shows a particular affinity for edge environments in comparison to its sympatric relatives.
Dite type
Insectivorous
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