Silvered antbird - male, Inírida, Colombia

Intentionally not cropping this to show the habitat of this antbird, which is a major pain to photograph. They're always in the shrubs, which makes it quite dark for photography, always on low twigs with lots of things obscuring it. Female nearby:

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Barry

Lion

Love those antbirds! Posted 8 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  As do I :) Posted 8 years ago

Thibaud Aronson

Lion

Very nice! That's one I've yet to see! Posted 4 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  Forgot I even saw it, but then again, my memory is poor :) Hope you get to see them, to enrich your lifers.
  
  Don't forget about new birds though. A little bird told me that moths, these silly light-hugging fly beasts, are on a crash course to overtake birds as the most numerous species on JungleDragon:
  
  Moths (including butterflies): 3,468
  Birds: 3,601
  
  They're closing in. I don't know how much longer I can sustain bird superiority. Posted 4 years ago
2. 1. Thibaud Aronson
    
    Lion
    
    Oh damn! Haha OK I'll ramp up my uploading. Still, we also have to look at the ratio
    species on JD/total species! Posted 4 years ago
  2. 1. Ferdy Christant
      
      Lion
      
      Solid defense! Percentage wise it's unlikely moths ever will win. And if they do, we can say butterflies don't count. Phew. Posted 4 years ago
    2. 1. Thibaud Aronson
        
        Lion
        
        There's always a way! Posted 4 years ago

The Silvered Antbird

The silvered antbird is a passerine bird in the antbird family, the only member of the genus "Sclateria". It is a resident breeder in tropical South America from Colombia and Trinidad south to Peru, Bolivia and central Brazil.

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Similar species: Perching Birds

Species identified by Ferdy Christant