About the Yungas Antwren
The Yungas antwren or ashy antwren is a bird species in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is found in Bolivia and Peru.
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The Jungas antwren is 8.5 to 9.5 cm (3.3 to 3.7 in) long and weighs 8 to 10 g (0.28 to 0.35 oz). It is a smallish bird with a short tail. Adult males are almost entirely gray with slightly darker and more brownish gray wings and tail than body. Adult females have a brownish yellow face. Their upperparts are mostly olive-brown, with a grayish tinge from the crown to upper mantle and yellowish brown tips on the uppertail coverts. Their tail is dark brown with rufous-brown edges to the feathers. Voice: The Jungas antwren's song is "a series of simple, slightly downslurred notes on approximately same pitch (c. 4 kHz), delivered rapidly, notes much longer than intervals". Its calls "include sharp, upslurred 'wheep' and upslurred doubled-noted 'do-leep' ".
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Where it lives
Recorded as a rare visitor in Peru.
When to see it
Peak activity in May · a variable species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Alagoas AntwrenMyrmotherula snowiThe Alagoas antwren is 9.5 to 10.5 cm (3.7 to 4.1 in) long and weighs about 8 to 11.5 g (0.28 to 0.41 oz).
Rio Suno AntwrenMyrmotherula sunensisThe Rio Suno antwren is about 9 cm (3.5 in) long.
Plain-winged AntwrenMyrmotherula behniThe plain-winged antwren is 9 to 9.5 cm (3.5 to 3.7 in) long; one female weighed 7.9 g (0.28 oz).
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