Ash-throated antwren

Ash-throated antwren
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Suborder:	Tyranni
Family:	Thamnophilidae
Genus:	Herpsilochmus
Species:	H. parkeri

The ash-throated antwren (Herpsilochmus parkeri) is a bird in the antbird family. The first species was found in northern Peru in 1983.^[1]

Antbirds do anting. The bird rubs ants (or other arthropods) on the feathers before discarded or eating them.^[2] While this has conventionally been considered a way to remove and control feather parasites

References

↑ "Ash-throated Antwren (Herpsilochmus parkeri) - BirdLife species factsheet". birdlife.org. 2012. Archived from the original on 30 January 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2012. Ash-throated Antwren Herpsilochmus parkeri
↑ Willis E.& Oniki Y. 1978. "Birds and Army Ants". Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 9: 243–263.[1] Archived 2016-04-12 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] "Ash-throated Antwren (Herpsilochmus parkeri) - BirdLife species factsheet". birdlife.org. 2012. Archived from the original on 30 January 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2012. Ash-throated Antwren Herpsilochmus parkeri

[2] Willis E.& Oniki Y. 1978. "Birds and Army Ants". Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 9: 243–263.[1] Archived 2016-04-12 at the Wayback Machine

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