Sclateria naevia
The Silvered Antbird (*Sclateria naevia*) is a small, distinctive Neotropical bird measuring 14-15 cm in length and weighing 18-24 grams. It exhibits striking sexual dimorphism: males are predominantly dark slate-gray with small white spots on their wing coverts, giving them a sleek, uniform appearance. Females, in contrast, feature an olive-brown upperparts, a rufous crown and nape, a white throat, and heavily spotted underparts that transition from white to buffy-olive on the flanks. These ...
Found in wet, swampy lowland forests, often adjacent to rivers, streams, or standing water, and in dense undergrowth of flooded areas, typically below 800 meters elevation.
Primarily insectivorous, feeding on crickets, grasshoppers, beetles, ants, and spiders, gleaned from foliage, leaf litter, and wet substrates.
The Silvered Antbird is a highly skulking, diurnal species, typically observed alone or in pairs, foraging quietly in the dense undergrowth. It primarily gleans insects and spiders from low vegetation, damp leaf litter, and occasionally from the water's edge, rarely venturing into mixed-species f...
The Silvered Antbird boasts a widespread, albeit patchy, distribution across lowland South America. Its range extends from eastern Venezuela and the Guianas south through the entire Amazon basin, encompassing large parts of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil. Isolated populations also o...
Least Concern
- The genus *Sclateria* is monotypic, meaning the Silvered Antbird is the only species within it, making it quite unique among antbirds. - Its species name, *naevia*, is Latin for 'spotted' or 'marked', a direct reference to the distinctive spotted plumage of the female. - Despite its name, it is...