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Silvered Antbird

A species of Silvered Antbird
Scientific name : Sclateria naevia Genus : Silvered Antbird

Silvered Antbird, A species of Silvered Antbird
Botanical name: Sclateria naevia
Genus: Silvered Antbird
Silvered Antbird (Sclateria naevia) Photo By Hector Bottai , used under CC-BY-SA-4.0 /Cropped and compressed from original

Description

The silvered antbird (Sclateria naevia) is a passerine bird in the antbird family, the only member of the genus Sclateria. It is a resident breeder in tropical South America from Colombia and Trinidad south to Peru, Bolivia and central Brazil. This is a skulking terrestrial bird of wet shaded areas, such as in undergrowth or under overhanging vegetation near streams, lagoons or swamps. It is usually found in pairs, foraging on the ground for small insects and other arthropods taken from leaf litter or the water's surface. The silvered antbird is typically 15 cm long, and weighs 20 g. The adult male of the nominate northern form S. n. naevia has dark grey upperparts and dusky wings with two rows of white spots. The underparts are white, extensively and broadly streaked with grey. The female has dark brown upperparts, with buff wing spots and extensively grey-streaked underparts. Males of the distinctive Amazonian subspecies S. n. argentata have the flanks and upper chest grey-white with grey mottling, and the females have white central underparts with rufous sides to the head, neck and body. The silvered antbird has a loud pi-pi-pi-pi-pi-pi-pi call, often the first indication of its presence in its difficult habitat.
Size
16 cm
Nest Placement
Ground
Feeding Habits
Silvered Antbird consumes a variety of insects and arachnids, foraging mostly close to the ground in damp environments. It employs deliberate searching with short hops and pauses, flicking its tail while scanning for prey. Prey is typically perch-gleaned using quick stabs of its long bill.
Habitat
The silvered Antbird inhabits the understory and floor of flooded tropical evergreen forests, including both várzea and igapó, typically found alongside rivers and oxbow lakes. They favor environments with tangled vines and branches offering perches above water. Additionally, the silvered Antbird resides in swampy, poorly drained forest areas, occasionally extending to mangrove and moriche palm swamps across broader tropical regions.
Dite type
Omnivorous

General Info

Feeding Habits

Bird food type

Species Status

Not globally threatened.
Silvered Antbird (Sclateria naevia) Silvered Antbird (Sclateria naevia) Photo By Hector Bottai , used under CC-BY-SA-4.0 /Cropped and compressed from original

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