Mar 11

Bird of the day

Sincorá antwren

Formicivora grantsaui

The Sincora antwren (Formicivora grantsaui) is a small Endangered Species of passerine bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is endemic to a small area of eastern Brazil.

The Sincora antwren is 12 to 13 cm (4.7 to 5.1 in) long and weighs 8.5 to 11.5 g (0.30 to 0.41 oz). Adult males have a white supercilium that extends down the neck and along the sides of the breast and belly. Their crown and upperparts are generally deep brown; the color is grayer on the forehead and brighter on the mantle and scapulars. Their wing coverts are black with white spots on the ends and their flight feathers are dark brownish gray with thin brown outer edges. Their tail feathers are gray and black with narrow white tips on the central ones and wide white tips on the rest. Their face, throat, and underparts are black with deep brown flanks and gray and white underwing coverts. Adult females have a paler brown crown and back than males. They have a thin black band through the eye and their face, throat, and breast are whitish with wide black streaks. Both sexes have a dark brown iris, bare grayish black skin around the eye, dark plumbeous gray legs, and dark plumbeous gray feet with yellow soles. Males have a black bill; females have a black bill with a bluish gray base.

Aliases

Formicivora grantsaui, Sincora Antwren

Range

Range map of Bahia spinetail