Family Typical Antbirds (Thamnophilidae)
Near Threatened
Creamy-bellied Antwren (Herpsilochmus motacilloides)
Taxonomy
French: Grisin motacilloïde German: Fahlbauch-Ameisenfänger Spanish: Tiluchí motaciloide
Taxonomy:
Herpsilochmus motacilloides
Taczanowski
, 1874,Maraynioc, Junín, Peru
.Distribution:
E slope of Andes in Peru (Huánuco S to Cuzco).
Descriptive notes
11–12 cm; 1 bird 12·5 g. Male has black crown and nape, forehead with a few light feather tips, long white to pale grey supercilium, black lores and long postocular... read more
Voice
Loudsong 1–3 long flat notes followed by rapid series (e.g. 22 notes, 1·7 seconds) of... read more
Habitat
Canopy and subcanopy of humid, montane evergreen forest and forest borders, at elevations of 1000... read more
Food and feeding
Little known. Presumed to feed on various insects, probably also spiders. Closely associated pair-members, individuals, or family groups... read more
Breeding
Nothing known.
Movements
Presumed resident.
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. Restricted-range species: present in Peruvian East Andean Foothills EBA. Fairly common but patchily distributed within its tiny range. Major threat... read more
Formerly treated as a race of H. pileatus (which see). Closest to H. parkeri, the two being sister to the pair H. pileatus and H. atricapillus#R#R#R. Monotypic.