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Cherrie's Antwren
Myrmotherula cherriei Berlepsch & Hartert, EJO, 1902
Thamnophilidae — Antbirds
Cherrie's Antwren, Myrmotherula cherriei, is a passerine antbird of north-central Amazonia in South America, recorded from Brazil, Colombia, Peru and Venezuela. It belongs to the Thamnophilidae and was described by Berlepsch and Hartert in 1902. This small bird has a tiny tail. Males show a black-and-white streaked face, black upperparts with white streaking, a white shoulder patch, and white underparts marked with black streaks. Females have buff streaking on the head, no shoulder patch, and paler buff underparts with finer dark streaking.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Thamnophilidae — Antbirds
- Breeding range
- South America: nc Amazonia
