Photo of a female brown-bellied antwren made by Brian O'Shea
in the Ralleigh Falls nature reserve in 2002. The bird is common
in the undergrowth of the rainforest. The female has no checkered
throat like the male does and looks a lot like other female
antbirds. These birds are best told by their sound. The birds seem to have a habit of hanging from dead leaves (S. Hilty in Birds of Venezuela). This is a
sound of
the brown-bellied antwren , recorded by Ottema near Arapahu in
Suriname.
Each small square indicates the observation of at least one
(group) of these birds, the medium ones at least 4 observations
on different days and the largest ones 10 or more. The color of
each square indicates: blue for coastal area, yellow for savanna
and red for rainforest.
