Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Thamnophilidae (Antbirds)  
Genus: Myrmoderus (5 species)


Cordillera Azul Antbird
Cordillera Azul Antbird (Myrmoderus eowilsoni) Male Near Threatened
Range: SA: Cordillera Azul (San Martín, Peru)
Flor de Café, San Martín, Peru  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.

A newly described species most closely related to the Ferruginous-backed Antbird, and only found in the Cordillera Azul mountain range.

Ferruginous-backed Antbird
Ferruginous-backed Antbird (Myrmoderus ferrugineus ferrugineus) Male
Range: SA: ne Amazonia
Manaus, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Often walks on the ground, lifting head high to look around. Female has white throat and is timid.

White-bibbed Antbird
White-bibbed Antbird (Myrmoderus loricatus) Male
Range: SA: e, se Brazil
Rio Piracicaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil  
   
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza   © All Rights Reserved.

White-bibbed Antbird
White-bibbed Antbird (Myrmoderus loricatus) Female
Range: SA: e, se Brazil
Brazil  
   
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza   © All Rights Reserved.


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Scalloped Antbird (Myrmoderus ruficauda) Endangered
Range: SA: e, se Brazil
   



Squamate Antbird
Squamate Antbird (Myrmoderus squamosus) Male
Range: SA: se Brazil
Tremembé, São Paulo, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Hector Bottai     Copyright and usage info

Squamate Antbird
Squamate Antbird (Myrmoderus squamosus) Female
Range: SA: se Brazil
Tremembé, São Paulo, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Hector Bottai     Copyright and usage info



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