Black Antbird (Cercomacra serva)

Order: Passeriformes | Family: Thamnophilidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern

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Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Amazonas, Brazil

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Age: Adult | Sex: Female | Loc. Amazonas, Brazil

blackish_antbird
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Amazonas, Brazil

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Age: Adult | Sex: Female | Loc. Los Amigos, Madre de Dios


Identification & Behavior: ~15 cm (6 in). The male Black Antbird is black with small dots on the wing coverts that form poorly defined wing bars. It has a semi-concealed white patch under the scapulars and shoulders. The female has gray upperparts without white wing bars. The sides of the head and all the underparts are chestnut-rufous. The tail in both sexes is relatively long and strongly graduated without markings. It forages in thick foliage at tree falls and vine tangles. It is associated with other types of forest gaps with thick emerging vegetation, and also bamboo patches. The male is darker than the similar Blackish Antbird. The females are very similar and are best distinguished by voice.

Status: The Black Antbird is uncommon and widespread in Amazonia where it is known to range up to 1500 m along the foothill of the Andes. It also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, and Bo.

Name in Spanish: Hormiguero Negro

Sub-species: Black Antbird (Cercomacra serva), (P. L. Sclater), 1858.

Meaning of Name: Cercomacra: Gr. Kerkos= tail and makros= long. serva: L. servus= servile, inferior, slave.

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