Yellow-rumped Antwren

Euchrepomis sharpei

Near Threatened · IUCN Red List

NTNear ThreatenedInvertebratesForestTiny · 7 g

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The yellow-rumped antwren is 9.5 to 10.5 cm (3.7 to 4.1 in) long and weighs about 7 to 8 g (0.25 to 0.28 oz). It is a small and slim antwren with a thin bill and a longish tail. The sexes have different plumage. Adult males have a grayish white supercilium and a thin dark line through the eye on an otherwise pale gray face. Their crown and nape are black, their back olive, and their lower back and rump bright yellow with black edges on the back feathers. Their tail is grayish olive. Voice: The yellow-rumped antwren's song is "a series of initially countable notes rising in pitch and shortening in length, and rapidly becoming a high-pitched trill of some 49 notes". Another vocalization is "a rich, sweet tsyu".

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When to see the Yellow-rumped Antwren

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Yellow-rumped Antwren

Regular range

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Yellow-rumped Antwren

The yellow-rumped antwren is Near Threatened species of bird in subfamily Euchrepomidinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is found in Bolivia and Peru.

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