Antbirds

Common Scale-backed Antbird

Willisornis poecilinotus

The Common Scale-backed Antbird (Willisornis poecilinotus) is an 18 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Antbirds

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

18 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

9

Recorded in Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, Guyana, GF, Venezuela, Bolivia, Suriname.

Where to see it: Brownsberg Nature Park · accommodations and nearby trails (Suriname); Brownsberg Nature Park (please use more precise location) (Suriname); Camp Bonaventure (French Guiana); Sadiri Lodge (Bolivia); Iwokrama River Lodge (Guyana).

Photo: (c) Tristan Jobin, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist