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Order Passeriformes Family Thamnophilidae
ANTBIRDS - Antwrens
Order Passeriformes Family Thamnophilidae
The Antbirds of family Thamnophilidae occur in tropical and subtropical Central and South America. There are more than 200 species, known variously as antwrens, antbirds and antshrikes (here ordered by size with antwrens the smallest and antshrikes the largest). Other miscellaneous names for some of the species in the Thamnophilidae family are: antvireos, bare-eyes, bushbird, fire-eyes. Collective, members of the Thamnophilidae family are known as antbirds. They not closely related to the wrens, vireos or shrikes.
Most species live in forests and most feed in the understory and midstory of the forest, although a few feed in the canopy and a few on the ground. They feed on ants and other insects. They use a number of techniques to obtain prey. The majority of antbirds are arboreal, with most of those feeding in the understory, many in the middle story and some in the canopy. A few species feed in the leaf litter; The antbirds that forage arboreally show a number of techniques and specialisations. Some species perch-glean, perching on a branch watching for prey and snatching it by reaching forward, where others sally from a perch and snatch prey on the wing.
Thamnophilidae are related to antpittas of family Grallariidae and the antthrushes of family Formicariidae.
Genus Epinecrophylla
Antwren,_Brown-backed Epinecrophylla fjeldsaai Found: southeast Ecuador, northern Peru
Image by: 1) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Dusan_Brinkhuizen
Antwren,_Brown-bellied Epinecrophylla gutturalis Found: Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
The Brown-bellied Antwrens have mainly brown plumage. Make has pale throat with white checkered patter.
Image by: 1, 2) Sylvain_Uriot 2) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Kester Clarke1) Female 2) Male
Antwren,_Checker-throated Epinecrophylla fulviventris Found: Honduras south to northern Columbia
The Checker-throated Antwren has olive-brown upperpartys; paler buff-brown underparts; blackish wings with buff wing-bars. Male has blackish throat heavily spotted with white; grayish wash to breast; dusky sides to head. Female has buff throat, central breast.
Image by: 1, 2, 3) Nick_Athanas 4) Dominic_Sherony
1) Female 2) Juvenile male 3, 4) Male
Antwren,_Foothill Epinecrophylla spodionota Found: Ecuador, Columbia, Peru
Image by: 1) hbw.com
Antwren,_Ornate Epinecrophylla ornata Found: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
The male Ornate Antwren has mainly gray plumage; rufous back; white spotted wing-coverts; black throat patch. Female has similar but with black-and-white speckled throat; buff underparts.
Image by: 1) Jose_Loiza - Ecuador 2) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Bruno_Renno in Brazil
Antwren,_Roosevelt Epinecrophylla dentei Found: Brazil
Image by: 1) Fabio_Schunck
Antwren,_Rufous-tailed Epinecrophylla erythrura Found: Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
The male Rufous-tailed Antwren hasmainnly olive-brown upperparts with chestnut back and tail; gray breast and throat sometimes with dark scaled effect; olive-brown belly, Female similar; buff-ochre throat, breast; dull brown belly.
Image by: 1) brendagaylebush 2) Nick_Athanas1) Female 2) Male
Antwren,_Stipple-throated also Rufous-backed Antwren Epinecrophylla haematonota Found: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela
The male Rufous-backed Antwren reddish-brown back, rump; black wing-coverts with white spots and wing-bars; black throat with white spots; gray sides of head; underparts. Female has ochre sides of face and throat.
Image by: 1) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Daniel_Lane 2) Ivan_Sjogren
Antwren,_White-eyed Epinecrophylla leucophthalma Found: Bolivia, Brazil, Peru
The White-eyed Antwren has brown upperparts; 2 buff wing-bars. Male has checkered throat; gray breast; ocre belly, Female has warm buff underparts.
Image by: 1) Maria_Ogrzewalska 2)_ Joao_Quental
Genus Euchrepomis
Antwren,_Ash-winged Euchrepomis spodioptila Found: northern South America
the male Ash-winged Antwren has rufous back; blackish wings, crown; 2 white wingbars; whitish underparts. Female has brown crown, rufous rump.
Image by: 1) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Andrew Whittaker
Antwren,_Chestnut-shouldered Euchrepomis humeralis Found: Bolivia, western Brazil, Ecuador, Peru,
Image by: 1) John_Gerrard_Keulemans
Antwren,_Rufous-rumped Euchrepomis callinota Found: Costa Rica, Panama, northwest South America
The male Rufous-rumped Antwren has olive mantle; rufous lower back, rump; dusky wings; 2 yellow wing-bars; pale gray head with black crown; pale gray throat; pale yellow or yellowish-green belly, under-tail coverts. Female resembles male but with brownish-olive mantle, crown.
Image by: 1) Nick_Athanas 2) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Juan_Pablo_Lopez_Ordonez1) Female 2) Male
Antwren,_Yellow-rumped Euchrepomis sharpei Found: western Bolivia, southeast Peru
Image by: 1) Angie_Cederlund
Genus Formicivora
Antwren,_Black-bellied Formicivora melanogaster Found: Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay
The male Black-bellied Antwren has black or brown upperparts; bold white suppercilium; black underparts. Female has brown upperparts; bold white supercilium; mainly white underparts.
Similar to: White-fringed Antwren. Male White-fringed Antwren has broader white streak on flanks than Black-bellied Antwren. Female Black-bellied Antwren has wider supercilium than White-fringed Antwren.
Image by: 1) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Cal_Martins 2) Hector_Bottai - Brazil 2) Dave_CurtisSimilar to: White-fringed Antwren. Male White-fringed Antwren has broader white streak on flanks than Black-bellied Antwren. Female Black-bellied Antwren has wider supercilium than White-fringed Antwren.
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Antwren,_Black-hooded Formicivora erythronotos Found: state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The male Black-hooded Antwren has reddish back, rump, wings, tail; white wingbars; black head, nape, underparts. Female similar to male but brownish-olive in color instead of black.
Image by: 1) Rick_elis_simpson 2) Nick_Athanas 3) Hector_Bottai
1) Female 2, 3) Male
Antwren._Narrow-billed Formicivora iheringi Found: eastern Brazil
The male Narrow-billed Antwren has gray upperparts, head; black wings with white wingbars; large black bib; silvery flanks. Female has olive-brown upperparts; 2 indistinct buff wingbars; ochraceous underparts; limited white on flanks.
Image by: 1) Arthur_Grosset 2) Ciro_Albano 1) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Arthur_Grosse, Ciro_Albanot 1) Female 2) Male
Antwren,_Restinga Formicivora littoralis Found: Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
Image by: 1) Savio_Freire_Bruno 2) Nick_Athanas
1) Female 2) Male
Antwren,_Rusty-backed Formicivora rufa Found: central South America
The Rusty-backed Antwren has rufous upperparts. Male has black throat boarder by white; black elongated bib; rest underparts white. Female has white supercilium; white underparts with black streaks.
Similar to: Sincora Antwren. The Sincora Antwren has darker and less rufous upperparts than Rusty-backed Antwren; also has gray and white under-wing coverts instead pure white under-wing coverts. Female Sincora Antwren.
Image by: 1) Hector_Bottai - Brazil 2, 3) Nick_Athanas - Brazil 4) Claudio_Timm - BrazilSimilar to: Sincora Antwren. The Sincora Antwren has darker and less rufous upperparts than Rusty-backed Antwren; also has gray and white under-wing coverts instead pure white under-wing coverts. Female Sincora Antwren.
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1,2) Female 3, 4) Male
Antwren,_Sao_Paulo Formicivora paludicola Found: Brazilian state of Paraná
Unlike most antbirds, the Sao Paulo Antwren is restricted to marsh areas.
Similar to: Parana Antwren. The Parana Antwren and Sao Paulo Antwren were previously collectively known as the Marsh Antwren. They are found in different states of Brazil.
Image by: 1) Dario_SanchesSimilar to: Parana Antwren. The Parana Antwren and Sao Paulo Antwren were previously collectively known as the Marsh Antwren. They are found in different states of Brazil.
1) Male
Antwren,_Serra Formicivora serrana Found: mountains of southeast Brazil
Image by: 1) Savio_Bruno 2) Nick Athanas 3) correodesalas
1) Female 2, 3) Male
Antwren,_Sincora Formicivora grantsaui Found: eastern Brazil
The Sincora Antwren has brown upperparts. Male has black throat boarder by white; black elongated bib; rest underparts white. Female has white supercilium; white underparts with black streaks.
Similar to: Rusty-backed Antwren. The Sincora Antwren has darker and less rufous upperparts than Rusty-backed Antwren; also has gray and white under-wing coverts instead pure white under-wing coverts. Female Sincora Antwren.
Image by: 1, 2, 3) Nick_AthanasSimilar to: Rusty-backed Antwren. The Sincora Antwren has darker and less rufous upperparts than Rusty-backed Antwren; also has gray and white under-wing coverts instead pure white under-wing coverts. Female Sincora Antwren.
1) Female 2, 3) Male
Antwren,_White-fringed Formicivora grisea Found: South America
The male White-fringed Antwren has grau-brown upperparts, crown; black wings, face, underparts; white wingbars; white stripe from above eye and along flanks. Female upperparts similar to male. Southern females have orange supercilium, underparts. Northern females have buff underparts with dark streaks.
Similar to: Black-bellied Antwren. Male White-fringed Antwren has broader white streak on flanks than Black-bellied Antwren. Female Black-bellied Antwren has wider supercilium than White-fringed Antwren.
Image by: 1) New Jersy Birds 2) Ron_Knight - Columbia 3) Nick_Athanas - Columbia 4) Fernando_Flores - VenezuelaSimilar to: Black-bellied Antwren. Male White-fringed Antwren has broader white streak on flanks than Black-bellied Antwren. Female Black-bellied Antwren has wider supercilium than White-fringed Antwren.
1, 2) Female 3, 4) Male
Genus Herpsilochmus
Antwren,_Ancient Herpsilochmus gentryi Found: Ecuador, Peru
Image by: 1) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Jose_Alvarez_Alonso
Antwren,_Aripuana Herpsilochmus stotzi Found: central Amazonian Brazil
The Aripuana Antwren has mainly gray upperparts; black crown, wings, tail; white wing-bars, supercilium; whitish underparts.
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1) Female 2, 3) Male
Antwren,_Ash-throated Herpsilochmus parkeri Found: northern Peru
The male Ash-throated Antwren has mainly light gray plumage; black cap, eye-line; white supercilium; black wings; 2 white wingbars. Female has buff supercilium, throat, breast.
Image by: 1) Nick_Athanas
Antwren,_Black-capped Herpsilochmus atricapillus Found: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay
The Black-capped Antwren has gray upperparts; black crown, nape, tail; long white supercilium; black eye-line; mainly white underparts.
Similar to: Caatinga Antwren. Black-capped Antwren has more significant supercilium than Caatinga Antwren. Caatinga feeds close to ground; Black-capped feeds mainly in canopy,
Image by: 1) Hector_Bottai 2) Nick_Athanas 3) Claudio_TimmSimilar to: Caatinga Antwren. Black-capped Antwren has more significant supercilium than Caatinga Antwren. Caatinga feeds close to ground; Black-capped feeds mainly in canopy,
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1) Female 2, 3) Male
Antwren,_Bahia Herpsilochmus pileatus Found: narrow coastal strip in Bahia, in eastern Brazil
Image by: 1. 2) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Joao Quental, Bruno_Renno
Antwren,_Caatinga Herpsilochmus sellowi Found: eastern Brazil
Similar to: Black-capped Antwren. Black-capped Antwren has more significant supercilium than Caatinga Antwren. Caatinga feeds close to ground; Black-capped feeds mainly in canopy,
Image by: 1) Nick_Athanas - Brazil 2) Hector_Bottai.JPG){kind=link}
Antwren,_Creamy-bellied Herpsilochmus motacilloides Found: east slope Peruvian Andes
The Creamy-bellied Antwren has mainly gray upperparts; black crown, eye-line, tail, wings; white wingbars; cream colored wash on underparts hard to see.
Image by: 1) hbw.com 1) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Ashley_Banwell
Antwren,_Dugand's Herpsilochmus dugandi Found:
The male Dugand's Antwren has mainly gray upperparts; black cap, eye-line; black wings with white wingbars; whitish-gray underparts. Female similar to male; has brown cap; light buffy underparts.
Image by: 1, 2) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Eduardo_Carrion_Letort1) Female 2) Male
Antwren,_Large-billed Herpsilochmus longirostris Found: mainly Brazil, also northwest Bolivia
The male Large-billed Antwren has gray, black, and white plumage as do most male Herpsilochmus antwrens. Female has gray upperparts; orange head, nape, underparts.
Image by: 1) Claudio_Timm - Brazil 2) Hector_Bottai - Brazil 3) Andrey_Miranda - Brazil.JPG){kind=link}
Antwren,_Pectoral Herpsilochmus pectoralis Found: northeast Brazil
The male Pectoral Antwren has mostly gray upperparts; black crown; black wings with 2 white wingbars; pale gray underparts with small black breast patch. Female has olive upperparts; rufous crown; dull whitish underparts.
Image by: 1, 2) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Anselmo_d'Affonseca 3) Arthur_Grosset 4) Nick_Athanas 
1) Female 2, 3, 4) Male
Antwren,_Predicted Herpsilochmus praedictus Found: Amazonian Brazil
Image by: 1) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Christian_Borges_Andretti
Antwren,_Roraiman Herpsilochmus roraimae Found: Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela
Similar to: Spot-backed Antwren. The Roraiman Antwren is the only other Herpsilochmus antwren is the same range as the Spot-backed Antwren. They are probably separated by altitude, with the Spot-backed in the lowlands.
Image by: 1) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Thiago_Laranjeiras
Antwren, Rufous-winged Herpsilochmus rufimarginatus Found: South America
The Rufous-winged Antwren has yellow undeparts; dark eye-line; whitish supercilium; black tail. Male has black cap; female has rufous cap.
Image by: 1) Hector_Bottai 2) Dario Sanches
1) Female 2) Male
Antwren,_Spot-backed Herpsilochmus dorsimaculatus Found: northern Brazil, eastern Colombia, sothern Venezuela
The spots on the back of the Spot-backed Antwren are almost always invisible when viewed in the field.
Similar to: Roraiman Antwren. The Roraiman Antwren is the only other Herpsilochmus antwren is the same range as the Spot-backed Antwren. They are probably separated by altitude, with the Spot-backed in the lowlands.
Image by: 1,2) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Anselmo_d'AffonsecaSimilar to: Roraiman Antwren. The Roraiman Antwren is the only other Herpsilochmus antwren is the same range as the Spot-backed Antwren. They are probably separated by altitude, with the Spot-backed in the lowlands.
1) Female 2) Male
Antwren,_Spot-tailed Herpsilochmus sticturus Found: northeast South America
The male Spot-tailed Antwren has gray upperparts; black crown, eye-line; black wings with white wingbar; white superciliium; black tail with white patch; white underparts.
Image by: 1) hbw.com
Antwren,_Todd's Herpsilochmus stictocephalus Found: northeast South America
Image by: 1, 2) Marc_Chretien
Antwren,_Yellow-breasted Herpsilochmus axillaris Found: Columbia, Ecuador, Peru
Image by: 1, 2) Gary Clark - Ecuador 3) Nick_Athanas 4) Dave_Curtis
Genus Isleria
Antwren,_Plain-throated Isleria hauxwelli Found: north-central South America
The male Plain-throated Antwren has mainly gray plumage; darker wings with 2 white wingbars. Female has tawny-grayish upperparts; 2 faint wingbars; tawny-cinnamon underparts.
Image by: 1) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Susana_Cubas_Poclin, Luiz_Matos Arthur_Grosset - Brazil 2) Marianne_Batchelder - Peru 3) Bruno_Renno1) Female 2) Male
Antwren,_Rufous-bellied Isleria guttata Found: northern Brazil, Venezuela
Image by: 1) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Joao_Quental, Kurazo Okada 3) Hector_Bottai
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1) Female 2, 3) Male
Genus Microrhopias - 1 species
Antwren,_Dot-winged Microrhopias quixensis Found: Mexico south to western Ecuador, northern Bolivia and central Brazil
The male Dot-winged Antwren has mainly black plumage; broad white wingbar; white spots on wing-coverts. Female has dark slate upperparts; same wing pattern as male; rufous underparts.
1, 2) Female 3, 4) Male
Genus Myrmotherula
Antwren,_Alagoas Myrmotherula snowi Found: east Brazil
The male Alagoas Antwren has entirely gray plumage. Female has brown upperparts; rufous-buff underparts.
Similar to: Unicolored Antwren. The Alagoas Antwren and Unicolored Antwren are very similar in plumage, but they do differ in song. Their ranges do not overlap.
Image by: 1) Arthur_GrossetSimilar to: Unicolored Antwren. The Alagoas Antwren and Unicolored Antwren are very similar in plumage, but they do differ in song. Their ranges do not overlap.
Antwren,_Amazonian_Streaked Myrmotherula multostriata Found: northern South America
The male Amazonian Streaked Antwren has white plumage with black streaks; 2 white wing-bars. Female has orange-rufous wash to head; white underparts; less orange-rufous wash to breast with dark streaks; white belly.
Similar to: Guianan Streaked Antwren. Male Guianan Streaked Antwren has blacker upperparts than Amazonian Streaked Antwren. Female Guianan Streaked Antwren has no streaking on underparts, Amazonian Streaked Antwren does.
Similar to: Pacific Antwren. Pacific Antwren found west of Andes; Amazonian Steaked Antwren found east of Andes.
Image by: 1) Hector_Bottai - Brazil 2) Claudio_Timm - BrazilSimilar to: Guianan Streaked Antwren. Male Guianan Streaked Antwren has blacker upperparts than Amazonian Streaked Antwren. Female Guianan Streaked Antwren has no streaking on underparts, Amazonian Streaked Antwren does.
Similar to: Pacific Antwren. Pacific Antwren found west of Andes; Amazonian Steaked Antwren found east of Andes.
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Antwren,_Ashy also Yungas Antwren Myrmotherula grisea Found: Bolivia
The male Ashy Antwren has entirely gray plumage. Female has olive-gray upperparts; ochre underparts.
Image by: 1) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Daniel_Lane. Joe_Tobias1) Female 2) Male
Antwren,_Band-tailed Myrmotherula urosticta Found: coastal southeast Brazil
The Band-tailed Antwren has mainly gray plumage; black throat. upper-breast; black wings with white wing-bar; broad white terminal tail-band. Female pale than male.
Image by: 1, 2) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Arthur Grosset, Rafael_Alves 
Antwren,_Cherrie's Myrmotherula cherriei Found: northwest Brazil, eastern Columbia, southwest Venezuela
Similar to: Guianan Streaked Antwren: Male Cherrie's Antwren and Guianan Streaked Antwren are similar in voice and plumage; but female Guanian Streaked Antwren has ornage on head and breast while female Cherrie's does not.
Similar to: Klages's Antwren.
Image by: 1, 3) Nick_Athanas - Columbia 2) Tony_Morris - Venezueal Similar to: Klages's Antwren.
1) Female 3, 4) Male
Antwren,_Gray Myrmotherula menetriesii Found: South America
The male Gray Antwren has mainly gray plumage; black and white wing-tips; some subspecies have narrow black throat patch. Female has light grayish-brown upperparts; buffy underparts.
Image by: 1) Claudio_Timm 2) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Susana_Cubas_Poclin1) Female 2) Male
Antwren,_Guianan_Streaked Myrmotherula surinamensis Found: northeast South America
The male Guianan Streaked Antwren has white plumage with black streaks; 2 white wing-bars. Female has orange-rufous wash to head; white underparts with orange-rufous flanks.
Similar to: Amazonian Streaked Antwren. Male Guianan Streaked Antwren has blacker upperparts than Amazonian Streaked Antwren. Female Guianan Streaked Antwren has no streaking on underparts, Amazonian Streaked Antwren does.
Similar to: Cherrie's Antwren: Male Cherrie's Antwren and Guianan Streaked Antwren are similar in voice and plumage; but female Guanian Streaked Antwren has ornage on head and breast while female Cherrie's does not.
Image by: 1) Feroze_Omardeen 2, 3) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Timothy_Boucher, Daniel_HinckleySimilar to: Amazonian Streaked Antwren. Male Guianan Streaked Antwren has blacker upperparts than Amazonian Streaked Antwren. Female Guianan Streaked Antwren has no streaking on underparts, Amazonian Streaked Antwren does.
Similar to: Cherrie's Antwren: Male Cherrie's Antwren and Guianan Streaked Antwren are similar in voice and plumage; but female Guanian Streaked Antwren has ornage on head and breast while female Cherrie's does not.
1, 2) Female 3) Male
Antwren,_Ihering Myrmotherula iheringi Found: Bolivia, Brazil, Peru
The male Ihering Antwren has mainly gray upperparts; black wings, throat, upper-breast; white spotted wingbars; light belly. Female upperparts similar; pale buff underparts.
Image by: 1, 3) Joe Tobias 2) Lars_Petersson
Antwren,_Klages's Myrmotherula klagesi Found: northern Brazil
The male Klages's Antwren has black upperparts with white streaks; black wings with 2 white wing-bars; black tail with white edges and white tip; white throat and underparts with some black streaking on breasts and flanks.
Similar to: Cherrie's Antwren, Stripe-chested Antwren.
Image by: 1) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Thiago_Laranjeiras Similar to: Cherrie's Antwren, Stripe-chested Antwren.
Antwren,_Leaden Myrmotherula assimilis Found: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Peru
The male Leaden Antwren has gray upperparts; paler underparts; white wingbars.Female has gray upperparts; buff underparts; buff wingbars.
Image by: 1) Thiago_Laranjeiras 2) Claudio_Timm1) Female 2) Male
Antwren,_Long-winged Myrmotherula longipennis Found: north-central South America
The male Long-winged Antwren has mainly gray plumage; black wing coverts with white tips; black throat, upper-breast. Female mainly buffy brown; lighter underparts.
Image by: 1) Philip_Stouffer - Brazil 2) Rafael_De_La_Colina 3) Angelica_Hernandez_Palma 4) Bruno_Renno
Antwren,_Moustached Myrmotherula ignota Found: Panama, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru
Similar to: Pygmy Antwren. Both male and female Moustached Antwren have broadar malar streak than Pygmay Antwren.
Image by: 1, 2) Nick_Athanas - Panama 3) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online-Trevor_Ellery - Columbia1, 2) Male
Antwren,_Pacific Myrmotherula pacifica Found: Panama, Columbia, Ecuador
The male Pacific Antwren has white plumage with black streaks; 2 white wing-bars. Female has orange-rufous head; white underparts.
Similar to: Amazonian Streaked Antwren, Guianan Streaked Antwren. Pacific Antwren found west of Andes; Amazonian Steaked Antwren and Guinan Streaked Antwren found east of Andes.
Image by: 1, 2) Nick_Athanas - Columbia 3) Aaron_Maizlish - PanamaSimilar to: Amazonian Streaked Antwren, Guianan Streaked Antwren. Pacific Antwren found west of Andes; Amazonian Steaked Antwren and Guinan Streaked Antwren found east of Andes.
1) Female 2, 3) Male
Antwren,_Plain-winged Myrmotherula behni Found: Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela
The male Plain-winged Antwren has gray upperparts; black throat, breast; gray belly. Female has brown upperparts becoming more olive over the crown; paler throat, breast.
Image by: 1, 2) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Roger_Ahlman, Bigal River_Conservation_Project
Antwren, Pygmy Myrmotherula brachyura Found: northern South America
Similar to: Moustached Antwren. Both male and female Moustached Antwren have broadar malar streak than Pygmy Antwren.
Image by: 1, 4) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Edward Landi, Henry_Cook 2) Hector_Bottai 3) Claudio_Timm 
1) Female 2, 3, 4) Male
Antwren,_Rio_de_Janeiro Myrmotherula fluminensis Found: Brazil
The Rio de Janeiro Antwren may be a variant plumage of the White-flanked Antwren.
Image by: 1) hbw.com
Antwren,_Salvadori's Myrmotherula minor Found: southeast Brazil
The male Salvadori's Antwren has mainly gray plumage; lighter underparts; black throat, upper-breast.
Similar to: Slaty Antwren. Range of Salvadori's Antwren and Slaty Antwren do not overlap.
Image by: 1, 2) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Ciro_Albano 3) Nick_AthanasSimilar to: Slaty Antwren. Range of Salvadori's Antwren and Slaty Antwren do not overlap.
Antwren,_Sclater's Myrmotherula sclateri Found: western Brazil, northern Bolivia, eastern Peru
Similar to: Yellow-throated Antwren.The Yellow-throated Antwren is found north of the Sclater's Antwren.
Image by: 1) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Joao_Quental
Antwren,_Silvery-flanked Myrmotherula luctuosa Found: eastern Brazil
The Silvery-flanked Antwren is also considered a subspecies of the White-flanked Antwren. Per Nick Athans, not only is the plumage different, the voice is also different.
Image by: 1) Nick_Athanas
Antwren,_Slaty Myrmotherula schisticolor Found: Mexico south to Ecuador, Peru
The male Slaty Antwren has dark slaty plumage; black throat, breast; black wings with white spots. Female has olive-brown upperparts; buff-brown underparts; paler on throat; white eye-ring.
Similar to: Salvadori's Antwren. Range of Salvadori's Antwren and Slaty Antwren do not overlap.
Image by: 1) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Will_Sweet 2, 4) Nick_Athanas - Ecuador 3) Francesco_Veronesi Similar to: Salvadori's Antwren. Range of Salvadori's Antwren and Slaty Antwren do not overlap.
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1, 2) Female 3, 4) Male
Antwren,_Star-throated Myrmotherula gularis Found: Brazil
Image by: 1, 2) Dario Sanches 3) Nick_Athanas
Antwren,_Stripe-chested Myrmotherula longicauda Found: Bolivia, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru
The male Stripe-chested Antwren has black upperparts with white streaks; black wings with 2 white wing-bars; black tail with white edges and white tip; white throat and underparts with some black streaking on breasts and flanks. Female upperparts similar to male but with some dark buff on crown and back; creamy-ochre throat, breast; white belly.
Similar to: Klages's Antwren. Male Klages's Antwren and male Stripe-chested Antwren very similar in plumage. Females differ somewhat. Their ranges do not overlap.
Image by: 1) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Roger_Ahlman 2) Francesco_VeronesiSimilar to: Klages's Antwren. Male Klages's Antwren and male Stripe-chested Antwren very similar in plumage. Females differ somewhat. Their ranges do not overlap.
1) Female 2) Male
Antwren, Unicolored Myrmotherula unicolor Found: southeast Brazil
Similar to: Alagoas Antwren. The Alagoas Antwren and
Unicolored Antwren are very similar in plumage, but they do differ in song. Their ranges do not overlap.
Image by: 1, Marcel Holyoak 2, 3) Dario Sanches - Brazil 4) Nick_Athanas
Antwren,_White-flanked Myrmotherula axillaris Found: Central America, northern and middle South America
The male White-flanked Antwren has dark gray upperparts; black wings with white wingbars; black underparts; white flanks, underwings.
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1, 2) Female 3, 4) Male
Antwren,_Yellow-throated Myrmotherula ambigua Found: northwest Brazil, easterm Columbia, southwest Venezuela
The Yellow-throated Antwren is found in lowlands, usually below 500m.
Similar to: Sclater's Antwren. The Yellow-throated Antwren is found north of the Sclater's Antwren.
Image by: 1) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Ian_DaviesSimilar to: Sclater's Antwren. The Yellow-throated Antwren is found north of the Sclater's Antwren.
Genus Stymphalornis - 1 species
Antwren,_Parana Stymphalornis acutirostris Found: Brazilian state of Paraná
Unlike most antbirds, the Parana Antwren is restricted to marsh areas.
Similar to: Sao Paulo Antwren. The Parana Antwren and Sao Paulo Antwren were previously collectively known as the Marsh Antwren. They are found in different states of Brazil.
Image by: 1) Aaron_Maizlish 2) Joao_QuentalSimilar to: Sao Paulo Antwren. The Parana Antwren and Sao Paulo Antwren were previously collectively known as the Marsh Antwren. They are found in different states of Brazil.
1) Female 2) Male
Genus Terenura
Antwren,_Orange-bellied Terenura sicki Found: Brazil
Image by: 1) Ciro_Albano 2) Lars_Petersson
Antwren,_Streak-capped Terenura maculata Found: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay
The Streak-capped Antwren has reddish-brown back; black and white streaked head. Male has yellow underparts with dark streaks on breast.
Image by: 1) Claudio_Timm 2) Nick_Athanas 3) Aisse_Gaertner1) Female 2, 3) Male
