Cherrie's Antwren
A species of Streaked Antwrens and Allies Scientific name : Myrmotherula cherriei Genus : Streaked Antwrens and Allies
Cherrie's Antwren, A species of Streaked Antwrens and Allies
Botanical name: Myrmotherula cherriei
Genus: Streaked Antwrens and Allies
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Description
Description
Cherrie's antwren (Myrmotherula cherriei) is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in southern Colombia, Venezuela, northeastern Peru and northwestern Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. This bird is called Cherrie's antwren to honor the memory of American naturalist, explorer and adventurer George Cherrie. Dr. Cherrie accompanied former President Theodore Roosevelt in the famous 1913 exploration of the River of Doubt, in the Brazilian Amazon basin, which was later named Rio Roosevelt. 
Size
10 cm
Feeding Habits
Cherrie's Antwren's diet consists of small insects like lepidopteran larvae and spiders. They forage mainly 1-7 meters off the ground, in pairs or alone, using rapid movements and wing flicks to glean prey from foliage or execute short sallies. They frequently join mixed-species flocks to feed.
Habitat
The cherrie's Antwren primarily inhabits the understorey and mid-storey of stunted woodlands with white-sand soils, alongside dense thickets and palm areas near seasonally flooded gallery forests within savanna ecosystems. They are typically found in habitats characterized as “islands” of vegetation or dissected by small streams, often at the ecotones where savanna woodlands meet taller várzea forests. This bird is also associated with shrubby thickets near island lagoons and sandbars, as well as stream and lagoon margins in riverine archipelagos.
Dite type
Insectivorous
Scientific Classification
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