Typical Antbirds (Thamnophilidae)
Chestnut-crested Antbird (Rhegmatorhina cristata) - HBW 8, p. 678
French: Fourmilier à huppe marron
German: Rostbauch-Ameisenvogel
Spanish: Hormiguero Cresticastaño
Taxonomy: Pithys cristata Pelzeln, 1868, Rio Uaupés, Amazonas, Brazil.
May prove to be a member of an obligate ant-following clade. This and other members of genus form a well-defined species group. Monotypic.
Distribution: SE Colombia (Vaupés, E Caquetá, N Amazonas) and adjacent W Brazil (E along R Uaupés and S, W of R Negro, to Jaú and lower R Japurá).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird perched on a diagonal limb, calling and finally flying away. Locality Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 25 July 2011 35 weeks ago 46 sec 4.7 -
An alerted bird perched on a diagonal limb, calling, shaking the plumage once, changing its position and rising the crest. Locality Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 25 July 2011 35 weeks ago 55 sec 4.4 -
A bird singing from a vertical limb, and flying to other perches to keep singing. Locality Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 25 July 2011 35 weeks ago 1 min 3 sec 4.4 -
A bird perched at eye level, singing, rising the crest and flying away. Locality Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 25 July 2011 35 weeks ago 33 sec 4.3 -
A bird preening briefly, singing and displaying, finally flying away. Locality Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 25 July 2011 35 weeks ago 51 sec 3.8
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Perched low in the understory, not at an antswarm.
Locality Mitú, Vaupés Department, Colombia (Monotypic species)
Nick Athanas 12 June 2011 49 weeks ago 3.2 -
A bird perched on a branch.
Locality Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 July 2011 4 weeks ago 3.1 -
A bird singing, erecting crest.
Locality Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 July 2011 4 weeks ago 2.7
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Another variant of the song, with harsher ending notes. Locality Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas State, Brazil
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 25 July 2011 36 weeks ago 5 -
Typical song by one bird. Locality Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas State, Brazil
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 25 July 2011 36 weeks ago 5 -
Calls by one bird. Locality Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas State, Brazil
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 25 July 2011 36 weeks ago 4.3 -
Songs and a call from two birds. Locality Mitú, Vaupés Department, Colombia
(Monotypic species)
Nick Athanas 12 June 2011 48 weeks ago 4
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