Birds of Brazil

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Genus: Herpsilochmus (12 species, 17 worldwide)


Black-capped Antwren (Herpsilochmus atricapillus) Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia
Photograph by Graham Ekins © All Rights Reserved.


Black-capped Antwren (Herpsilochmus atricapillus) Female Fazenda Grotão, Brasilia, Brazil
Photograph by Rodrigo Conte © All Rights Reserved.


Spot-backed Antwren (Herpsilochmus dorsimaculatus) Inírida, Guainía, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Seen high in the canopy. Calls frequently.


Rusty-winged Antwren (Herpsilochmus frater frater) Male Reserva Natural La Isla Escondida, Orito, Putumayo, Colombia Note longish black-and-white tail.
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Vocal. Found in canopy or mid-levels of forest. Note red cap on female. Once called Rufous-winged Antwren.


Large-billed Antwren (Herpsilochmus longirostris) Male Pousada Piuval, Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas) © All Rights Reserved.


Large-billed Antwren (Herpsilochmus longirostris) Female Parque Vivencial II, Brasilia, DF, Brazil
Photograph by Rodrigo Conte © All Rights Reserved.


Pectoral Antwren (Herpsilochmus pectoralis) Male Vulnerable ENDEMIC Bahia, Brazil
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza © All Rights Reserved.

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Bahia Antwren (Herpsilochmus pileatus) Vulnerable ENDEMIC


Predicted Antwren (Herpsilochmus praedictus) Male ENDEMIC Beruri, Amazonas, Brazil
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A newly discovered species.

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Roraiman Antwren (Herpsilochmus roraimae)


Rufous-margined Antwren (Herpsilochmus rufimarginatus) Male Brazil The Southern subspecies group in east and southeast Brazil has a green back.
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza © All Rights Reserved.

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Todd's Antwren (Herpsilochmus stictocephalus)

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Spot-tailed Antwren (Herpsilochmus sticturus)


Aripuana Antwren (Herpsilochmus stotzi) ENDEMIC Machadinho D'Oeste, Rondônia, Brazil
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