Spotted antbird


The spotted antbird is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae.
In southern Central America, it is found in Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama; also Colombia and Ecuador of northwestern South America.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Description

A smallish bird, measuring and weighing. The male spotted antbird's plumage is a distinctive combination of a necklace of large black spots on a white chest, chestnut back, grey head, and black throat. The female is a duller version of the male, but also distinctive with large chest spots and two wide buffy wing-bars.

Range and habitat

Forages as individuals or pairs in lower levels of mature, humid forests. Found in lowlands and foothills up to.

Diet

Spotted antbirds are known to follow army ant swarms to catch insects and other small animals trying to flee. They eat spiders, scorpions, cockroaches, katydids, crickets, centipedes, sowbugs, moths, beetles, caterpillars, ants, bristletails and, on occasion, lizards and frogs.

Nesting

This bird is an open-cup nesting species that lays an average clutch of 2 maroon-splotched white eggs, which both adults incubate. The nestling period is 11 days.