How do you identify a Predicted Antwren?

The predicted antwren is 11 to 12 cm (4.3 to 4.7 in) long and weighs about 11 g (0.39 oz). Full identification notes are on this page.

How big is a Predicted Antwren?

The Predicted Antwren is a tiny sized bird weighing about 11 g.

Where can you see a Predicted Antwren?

The Predicted Antwren is endemic to Brazil, which is the only country where it occurs.

What birds look similar to a Predicted Antwren?

The Predicted Antwren is most easily confused with the Aripuana Antwren, the Ash-throated Antwren and the Roraiman Antwren.

Is the Predicted Antwren endangered?

The Predicted Antwren is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

Predicted Antwren

Herpsilochmus praedictus

Antbirds, Antshrikes, Antwrens, and Antvireos · Passeriformes · Legendary

The Predicted Antwren (Herpsilochmus praedictus) is a legendary antbirds, antshrikes, antwrens, and antvireo found only in Brazil, weighing about 11 g. The predicted antwren is an insectivorous bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds".

Least ConcernLegendaryEndemicEats invertebrates11 g

About the Predicted Antwren

The predicted antwren is an insectivorous bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is endemic to Amazonian Brazil.

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How to identify it

The predicted antwren is 11 to 12 cm (4.3 to 4.7 in) long and weighs about 11 g (0.39 oz). Adult males have a black crown and nape, a long whitish supercilium, and a black streak through the eye. The rest of their upperparts are gray with black on the scapulars. Their wings are black with white tips on the coverts and white edges on the flight feathers. Their tail is black with large white feather tips and white edges on the outermost. Their throat is pale creamy white and their breast and belly whitish. Adult females have a rusty forehead and lores, and a black crown with white speckles. Voice: The predicted antwren's song is "a soft, purring, rolling trill...which initially rises in frequency...before declining again to a frequency similar to that on which it started". The song is part of the evidence for its treatment as a species, as its pace and the number of repeated notes differ from the songs of visually similar others of its genus.

Where it lives

Brazil

When to see it

Best months: April, May, June, July, August, September, October, with peak activity in July. It is a variable species across most of its range.

Easily confused with

Quick questions

How do you identify a Predicted Antwren?: The predicted antwren is 11 to 12 cm (4.3 to 4.7 in) long and weighs about 11 g (0.39 oz). Full identification notes are on this page.
How big is a Predicted Antwren?: The Predicted Antwren is a tiny sized bird weighing about 11 g.
Where can you see a Predicted Antwren?: The Predicted Antwren is endemic to Brazil, which is the only country where it occurs.
What birds look similar to a Predicted Antwren?: The Predicted Antwren is most easily confused with the Aripuana Antwren, the Ash-throated Antwren and the Roraiman Antwren.
Is the Predicted Antwren endangered?: The Predicted Antwren is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

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