Myrmoborus leucophrys
The White-browed Antbird (*Myrmoborus leucophrys*) is a striking denizen of the Amazonian understory, measuring approximately 13-14 cm (5.1-5.5 in) in length and weighing 16-20 grams. Males are distinctively marked with a grey head, back, and breast, accented by a prominent white supercilium (brow) and a contrasting black face and throat. Their flanks and undertail coverts are rufous, and two conspicuous white wingbars adorn their otherwise grey wings, serving as key identification markers. F...
This species primarily inhabits the understory and undershrub of humid lowland evergreen forests, including terra firme and sometimes várzea forest or forest edges, typically at elevations below 1200 meters.
Their diet consists mainly of insects and other small arthropods, which they primarily obtain by gleaning from foliage and the forest floor, often near army ant swarms.
White-browed Antbirds are diurnal and typically observed singly or in pairs, actively foraging in the forest understory. They are adept at gleaning insects and other arthropods from foliage and the ground, often following army ant swarms (such as *Eciton burchellii* or *Labidus praedator*) to cap...
The White-browed Antbird is widely distributed across the Amazon Basin and parts of the Guianan Shield in northern South America. Its breeding range encompasses eastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, northern Bolivia, southern and eastern Venezuela, the Guianas (Guyana, Suriname, French...
Least Concern
- White-browed Antbirds are expert opportunists, often following army ant swarms to snatch insects disturbed by the ants' passage, though they are not obligate followers. - Despite their common name, they do not eat ants themselves, but rather the fleeing insects the ants flush out. - This specie...