"Silveira's" Antwren

10 cm. A newly described Formivora from swamps close to S<C4>o Paulo City. The following description was provided by Dr. Luis Fabio Silveira, Universidade de Sao Paulo, SP. Smaller than /Formicivora acutirostris . Bill shorter than in /Formicivora acutirostris . Male with black belly and more pronounced white superciliary and infraocular white crescent: white markings on black front prominent: back olive brown, wings black, wing coverts black, tipped white: white wing bar, tail black, tipped white, throat, chest and belly black: lower flanks and crissum dark olive brown. Female with whitish throat, chest and belly coarsely streaked black. A loose sequence of double notes "tju-tip tju-tip tju-tip . . . . . " Forages low in high vegetation. Local in swamps with high vegetation. Discovered in February 2005 by Louis Fabio Silveira, Departamento de Zoologia do Instituto de Biociencias da Universidade S<C4>o Paulo near<8E>Biritiba Mirim, SE of S<C4>o Paulo City. Dante Buzetti found the species near<8E>Aruja<8E>close to the Guarulhos airport near Sao Paulo city at the same time. 700 meters Please contact Dr. Luis Fabio Silveira lfsilveira usp.br if you encounter this species in the field. 6042 Song, February 2005, Biritiba-Mirim, S<C4>o Paulo,swamp. Recorded by Luis Fabio Silveira.: 4809 > Male: 3068 > Female: 6022 . photograph by Edson Endrigo: 8455 . photograph by Edson Endrigo: