French: Batara cendré German: Bleiameisenvogel Spanish: Batará cinéreo
Subspecies and Distribution
T. c. glaucus
Cabanis, 1847 – S Venezuela (Bolívar, Amazonas), the Guianas, E Colombia (S from Meta and Vichada), N Brazil (N Amazonas E to Amapá), E Ecuador and NE Peru (N of R Amazon and W of R Ucayali, S to N Ucayali).
T. c. persimilis
Hellmayr, 1907 – C Brazil S of R Amazon (lower R Juruá and lower R Purus E to left bank of R Tapajós, S to N Rondônia and W Mato Grosso) and extreme NE Bolivia (NE Santa Cruz).
T. c. simillimus
Gyldenstolpe, 1951 – SC Amazonian Brazil: known only from middle R Purus.
T. c. hoffmannsi
Hellmayr, 1906 – EC Brazil S of R Amazon (from right bank of R Tapajós E to W Maranhão, S to NE Mato Grosso).
T. c. caesius
(Temminck, 1820) – coastal E Brazil (Pernambuco S to Rio de Janeiro, and inland in R Doce drainage in Minas Gerais).
14·5 cm; 16–18 g. Male nominate race is rather dark grey, underwing-coverts and inner edges of secondaries white. Female has upperparts and side of head dark olive-... read more
Loudsong a moderately long (e.g. 5 seconds) series in which long clear upslurred notes shorten and... read more
Understorey and midstorey of lowland evergreen forest, mostly below 600 m; to 900 m in Andes, to... read more
Food and feeding
Feeds on various insects, including hemipterans, homopterans (Jassidae), beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) and ants (Formicidae:... read more
Jul–Dec in Brazil and Aug–Dec (once May) in French Guiana. Nest a deep, leafy cup, external diameter 15 cm, depth 5 cm,... read more
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. Considered fairly common to common throughout most of its large range. This includes numerous parks and reserves, such as the following: Canaíma,... read more
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