Birds of the Amazon Rainforest Floor Tracked with Sensor Backpacks Like It Shady

Photo 1. The floor of the Amazon rainforest is a complex light and thermal environment. Photo credit: Vitek Jirinec. Photo 2. To avoid detection by wary birds, authors often used camouflage while capturing birds for tag deployment and recovery. Photo credit: Vitek Jirinec. Photo 3. Coauthor Philip Stouffer with a Rufous-capped Antthrush (Formicarius colma). Photo credit: Vitek Jirinec. Photo 4. Black-tailed Leaftosser (Sclerurus caudacutus) wearing a sensor. Photo credit: Vitek Jirinec. Photo 5. Ferruginous-backed Antbird (Myrmoderus ferrugineus) wearing a sensor. Photo credit: Vitek Jirinec. These photographs illustrate the article “Light and temperature niches of ground-foraging Amazonian insectivorous birds” by Vitek Jirinec, Patricia Rodrigues, Bruna Amaral, and Philip Stouffer, published in Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3645.