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Ihering's antwren as being of Least Concern. It has a large range; its population size is not known and is believed to be decreasing. No immediate threats have been identified. It is considered "uncommon and somewhat local" and occurs in a few large protected areas. "More surveys are
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Ihering's antwren is 8.5 to 9.5 cm (3.3 to 3.7 in) long and weighs 7.5 to 9 g (0.26 to 0.32 oz). It is a smallish bird with a shortish tail. Adult males of all three subspecies have dark gray upperparts with a hidden white patch between the shoulders. Their wings are dark gray
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The breeding season of
Ihering's antwren is almost unknown. Observations in Peru hint that it spans at least July to November there. The species' nest has not been formally described but from photographs appears to be a deep cup. The clutch size is apparently two eggs; both parents incubate the
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588:: Thamnophilidae), with description of a new species from southwestern Amazonia. Pp. 268–271 in: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J. & Christie, D.A. eds. (2013). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Special Volume: New Species and Global Index. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona
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Whittaker, A. (2009). Pousada Rio
Roosevelt: a provisional avifaunal inventory in south-western Amazonian Brazil, with information on life history, new distributional data and comments on taxonomy. Cotinga
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Miranda, L.; Aleixo, A.; Whitney, B.M.; Silveira, L.F.; Guilherme, E.; Santos, M.P.D.; and
Schneider, M.P.C. (2013). Molecular systematics and taxonomic revision of the Ihering’s Antwren complex
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The diet of
Ihering's antwren is not known in detail but is probably mostly mostly insects and spiders. It forages singly, in pairs, or in family groups, and usually as part of a
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is higher pitched than those of the other two subspecies. The subspecies' calls are apparently alike, "a disyllabic 'pe-weet', second syllable a sharp downslurred whistle".
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The songs of the three subspecies of
Ihering's antwren differ somewhat, but are generally "a countable series of intense, downslurred 'peer' notes". The song of subspecies
628:), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA.
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bamboo. The other two subspecies favor areas with heavy vine tangles with or without bamboo. In elevation the species occurs below about 400 m (1,300 ft).
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also deserved to be treated as a species. At least one other author had earlier suggested that
Ihering's antwren as then known included more than one species.
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Ihering's antwren inhabits the understorey to mid-storey of
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