Ringed Antpipit (Corythopis torquatus) was recorded in the last monitoring work with trap cameras in Arena Blanca Reserve, that was a new species recorded, adding 481 species to the list of birds of the site.
Ringed Antpipit
Ringed Antpipit (Corythopis torquatus) is a species with a wide distribution in the Amazon that inhabits mainly on the ground, on land as seasonally flooded areas, difficult to observe and is identified mainly by its song.
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Length: 13.5-14 cm.
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Weight: 15-18 gr.
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Monitoring wildlife with trap cameras in Arena Blanca Reserve
Since September we began recording species using trap cameras as part of a project to improve tourism services for birdwatching, funded by PROFONANPE, with technical assistance of Ikam Expeditions team and with the constant work of Norbil Becerra and his family.
The main objective of installing trap cameras is to monitoring species to learn more about their behavior and enable new observatories to increase the success of birdwatching in the Reserve.
So, it was very pleasant to us when within the records there was a new species recorded, which definitely shows that Arena Blanca Reserve is doing an adequate job of forest and bird conservation.
The camera was installed between the entrance and the quail and tinamu observatory, during the period 8.9.22 to 23.10.22.
Observation of Ringed Antpipit
An individual of Ringed Antpipit was recorded in Arena Blanca Reserve on September 28, 2022 at 14:50 hours.
The image captured by a camera trap installed within the reserve represents the first record of this species. With this addition, the reserve’s eBird list has grown to a total of 481 species (eBird, 2023).
The second record was on October 1, 2022 at 13:47 hours.
So, both records were documented within a white-sand forest; this is a highly specialized habitat situated in the buffer zone of the Alto Mayo Protected Forest.
The most recent observations prior to this new record were documented by Glenn Seeholzer and Tom Johnson on October 1, 2018, approximately 4 km north of the San Francisco village center (eBird, 2023). Specifically, that sighting occurred in the Moyobamba province and district (on the left bank of the Mayo River), placing it roughly 35 km away from our current record.
