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Ocellated Antbird

A species of Ocellated Antbird
Scientific name : Phaenostictus mcleannani Genus : Ocellated Antbird

Ocellated Antbird, A species of Ocellated Antbird
Botanical name: Phaenostictus mcleannani
Genus: Ocellated Antbird
Ocellated Antbird (Phaenostictus mcleannani)

Description

The ocellated antbird is a medium-sized antbird, measuring 19 to 19.5 cm (7.5–7.7 in) and weighing 44–58 g (1.6–2.0 oz). Females tend to be slightly smaller than males and weigh slightly less. The plumage and bare parts of the male and female are the same. The eye is surrounded by a large bare blue patch of skin. The head and throat is black with a grey crown and a rufous nape. The upperparts and wing coverts are olive brown with black spots. The rest of the feathers of the wing are black edged with olive. The breast is rufous and belly is olive brown, both have large black spots. The bill is large and black. Juvenile birds have a darker crown, the rufous areas are brighter and the spots are reduced or absent. The species conforms with Bergmann's rule, with birds closer to the Equator having smaller wings and bills than those further away.
Size
20 cm
Nest Placement
Ground
Feeding Habits
Ocellated Antbird primarily feeds on ants, but its diet also includes other arthropods, large cockroaches, and small lizards. It exhibits specialized foraging behavior, following swarms of army ants to capture fleeing prey, a unique adaptation demonstrating its reliance on ant swarms for food.
Habitat
Undergrowth of humid lowland forest, old growth forest, old second growth
Dite type
Omnivorous

General Info

Feeding Habits

Bird food type

Distribution Area

The ocellated antbird ranges from Honduras to Ecuador. The race saturatus is found from northern and eastern Honduras through eastern Nicaragua, eastern and northern Costa Rica into the west of Panama. The nominate race is found in the rest of Panama and the Pacific slope as the Andean slope of western Colombia. The race pacificus is found in the extreme south of coastal Colombia and northwestern Ecuador. The ocellated antbird is a rainforest bird, being found in lowland and hill primary rainforest, as well as secondary forest. Within this habitat it occupies the understory of the forest, feeding and living close to the forest floor. It is found from sea-level up to 1,200 m (3,900 ft) in Costa Rica, but only up as high as 900 m (3,000 ft) in Panama and Colombia and 700 m (2,300 ft) in Ecuador; it is more commonly found below 400 m (1,300 ft) in the later country. They seldom enter or cross open areas, unless the ants that they are following do so.
Ocellated Antbird (Phaenostictus mcleannani) Ocellated Antbird (Phaenostictus mcleannani)

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