Birds of Ecuador

    PASSERIFORMES: Thamnophilidae (Antbirds)  
Genus: Herpsilochmus (4 species, 17 worldwide)


Yellow-breasted Antwren
Yellow-breasted Antwren (Herpsilochmus axillaris senex) Male Vulnerable
Tatama National Park, Pueblo Rico, Risaralda, Colombia
  Female has red cap.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Uncommon. Moves with mixed flocks at mid altitude levels in the Andes. Wing bars yellow but often illustrated white. May overlap with Rufous-rumped Antwren, but note white on tail and grey back.
Note white on sides and end of tail.

Dugand's Antwren
Dugand's Antwren (Herpsilochmus dugandi) Male
Yasuní Research Station, Orellana, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.

Greyish Antwren with black cap. Female has rufous cap. Canopy species.

Rusty-winged Antwren
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.

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Ancient Antwren (Herpsilochmus gentryi)
   




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