Stripe-chested Antwren

Myrmotherula longicauda

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestTiny · 8 g

What the Stripe-chested Antwren sounds like

Sonogram of the Stripe-chested Antwren: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Napo: 1 km S Puerto Napo, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Stripe-chested Antwren: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Napo: 1 km S Puerto Napo, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Stripe-chested Antwren: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Duet · Zamora-Chinchipe: 5 km N Las Orchideas, Nangaritza Valley, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The stripe-chested antwren is 9 to 11 cm (3.5 to 4.3 in) long and weighs 8 to 9.5 g (0.28 to 0.34 oz). It is a smallish bird with a somewhat longer tail than other members of its genus. Adult males have a black and white streaked face and neck. Their crown, back, and rump are black with white or pale gray streaks. Their tail is black with white edges and tips to the feathers. Their wings are black with wide white edges on the coverts and narrower white edges on the flight feathers. Their throat, breast, and belly are white with light black streaks on the breast and flanks. Voice: One description of the stripe-chested antwren's song is "a fast repetition of a musical phrase, 'chidu-chidu-chidu-chidu...' with up to 12 or so notes". Its call is "a doubled note followed by a short descending trill, 'chiwi-chrrrrrrt' ".

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When to see the Stripe-chested Antwren

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Stripe-chested Antwren

Regular range

The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Stripe-chested Antwren

The stripe-chested antwren is a species of bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Side by side: Stripe-chested Antwren vs Unicolored Antwren

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