Amazonian Streaked Antwren

Myrmotherula multostriata

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesShrublandDomed nestTiny · 8 g

What the Amazonian Streaked Antwren sounds like

Sonogram of the Amazonian Streaked Antwren: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song, alternate song · Sucumbíos: 'La Selva Jungle Lodge', n bank Río Napo, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The Amazonian streaked antwren is 9 to 10 cm (3.5 to 3.9 in) long and weighs 7.5 to 9 g (0.26 to 0.32 oz). It is a smallish bird with a tiny tail. Adult males have a black and white streaked face. Their crown, back, and rump are black with white streaks. They have a large white patch between the shoulders. Their tail is black with white edges and tips to the feathers. Their wings are black with white tips on the coverts and white edges on the flight feathers. Their throat, breast, and belly are white and their flanks and crissum grayer. Voice: The Amazonian streaked antwren's song is a "short, musical, at start slightly rising rattle" that has been written as "pur-pur-peé-peé-peé-pur". Its calls include "an evenly pitched dry trill 'dr-r-r-r-r-r' ", a " 'chee-pu' contact call", and "a flat complaining note.

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When to see the Amazonian Streaked Antwren

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is August, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Amazonian Streaked Antwren

Regular range

The map shades 5 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Amazonian Streaked Antwren

The Amazonian streaked antwren is a species of bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.

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