Birds of the World - Formicivora


Marsh Antwren (Formicivora acutirostris paludicola) Near Threatened Range: SA: se Brazil Biritiba Mirim, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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First described in 1995. Found in marshes from Santa Catarina to Sao Paulo.


Black-hooded Antwren (Formicivora erythronotos) Male Endangered Range: SA: se Brazil Angra dos Reis, RJ, Brazil
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza © All Rights Reserved.


Black-hooded Antwren (Formicivora erythronotos) Female Endangered Range: SA: se Brazil Parque Mombucaba (Perequê), Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas) © All Rights Reserved.


Sincora Antwren (Formicivora grantsaui) Male Endangered Range: SA: ne Brazil Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil Similar to Rusty-backed Antwren.
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza © All Rights Reserved.


Sincora Antwren (Formicivora grantsaui) Female Endangered Range: SA: ne Brazil Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza © All Rights Reserved.


Southern White-fringed Antwren (Formicivora grisea rufiventris) Male Range: SA: Guyana to s Amazonia and se Brazil Inírida, Guainía, Colombia
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Southern White-fringed Antwren (Formicivora grisea rufiventris) Female Range: SA: Guyana to s Amazonia and se Brazil Inírida, Guainía, Colombia
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Vocally very different from Northern White-fringed Antwren.


Narrow-billed Antwren (Formicivora iheringi) Male Near Threatened Range: SA: e Brazil Brazil
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On the surface resemble Silvery-flanked Antwren. Male grey with white flank and black throat and chest. Female similar to Silvery-flanked. Found in 'deciduous hill forest' above 250m (HBW).


Northern White-fringed Antwren (Formicivora intermedia) Male Range: SA: Colombia and Venezuela Utica, Colombia
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Northern White-fringed Antwren (Formicivora intermedia hondae) Female Range: SA: Colombia and Venezuela ProAves Cerulean Warbler Reserve, San Vicente de Chucuri, Santander, Colombia Creamy colored hondae subspecies.
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Northern White-fringed Antwren (Formicivora intermedia intermedia) Female Range: SA: Colombia and Venezuela Utica, Colombia
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Vocally very different from Southern White-fringed Antwren.


Black-bellied Antwren (Formicivora melanogaster melanogaster) Male Range: SA: e Brazil and c SA Poconé, Mato Grosso, Brazil
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Black-bellied Antwren (Formicivora melanogaster bahiae) Female Range: SA: e Brazil and c SA Serra do Arrepio, Bahia, Brazil
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas) © All Rights Reserved.


Rusty-backed Antwren (Formicivora rufa rufa) Range: SA: Amazonia, e Brazil and c SA Campos de Jofre, Transpantanal Highway, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas) © All Rights Reserved.


Rusty-backed Antwren (Formicivora rufa rufa) Male Range: SA: Amazonia, e Brazil and c SA Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
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Serra Antwren (Formicivora serrana littoralis) Male Range: SA: se Brazil Cabo Frio, Brazil The Restinga Antwren, now a race of the Serra Antwren and found in the coastal dune ecosystem, is almost totally black.
Photograph by Nigel Voaden © All Rights Reserved.


Serra Antwren (Formicivora serrana serrana) Male Range: SA: se Brazil São Gonçalo do Rio Abaixo, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Serra Antwren (Formicivora serrana littoralis) Female Range: SA: se Brazil Cabo Frio, Brazil
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Now includes the Restinga Antwren of the coastal dune ecosystem.