Black-tailed Antbird (Myrmoborus melanurus)

Identification & Behavior: ~12 cm (4.7 in). The male Black-tailed Antbird is blackish with a black head. The wing coverts are black with white wing bars. The female has rufous-brown upperparts with black wing coverts and white wing bars. The throat is white. The center of the belly is white bordered by rufous-brown. Both sexes have a red iris. It forages in or near thickets and vegetation that overhangs on river edges and channels. The male is darker than a male Black-faced Antbird and White-browed Antbird. The female is similar to a female Black-faced Antbird but lacks the black mask and uses different habitat.

Status: The Black-tailed Antbird is uncommon along major Amazonian rivers and tributaries. It also occurs in Br.

Name in Spanish: Hormiguero de Cola Negra.

Sub-species: Black-tailed Antbird (Myrmoborus melanurus), (P. L. Sclater and Salvin), 1866.

Meaning of Name: Myrmoborus: Gr. Murmos= ant and boros= devouring. melanurus: Gr. melas, melanos= black and ouros= tailed.

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