Ash-throated antwren
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| Family: | Thamnophilidae
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| Species: | H. parkeri
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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). Retrieved 30 May 2012.
- ↑ 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