Birds of Ecuador - Cercomacroides


Riparian Antbird (Cercomacroides fuscicauda) Male Puerto Nariño, Amazonas, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Riparian Antbird (Cercomacroides fuscicauda) Female Puerto Nariño, Amazonas, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Split from the Blackish Antbird. Only song (not call) and habitat are different. Found in varzea and riparian forests.


Blackish Antbird (Cercomacroides nigrescens nigrescens) Male Peperpot Nature Park, Commewijne, Suriname A darker race than those in the southern half of South America.
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas) © All Rights Reserved.


Blackish Antbird (Cercomacroides nigrescens aequatorialis) Female Wildsumaco Lodge, Sumaco, Ecuador Note greyish eyes.
Photograph by Peter Hawrylyshyn © All Rights Reserved.

Now a foothill species after the virtually identical Riparian Antbird was split off, because of habitat and vocal differences.


Black Antbird (Cercomacroides serva) Male Owlet Lodge, Peru
Photograph by Peter Hawrylyshyn © All Rights Reserved.


Black Antbird (Cercomacroides serva) Female Los Amigos Biological Station, Peru Note plain unmarked wing.
Photograph by Joe Tobias © All Rights Reserved.

Found in secondary growth.


Dusky Antbird (Cercomacroides tyrannina) Male Bahia Solano, Choco, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Dusky Antbird (Cercomacroides tyrannina) Immature Metropolitan Park, Panama City, Panama
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