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Photo by Arthur Grosset
Murici, Alagoas, Brazil, March 2004

Myrmotherula snowi

[edit] Identification

9.5cm. Male - grey with an indistinct black patch on the throat. Female - fulvous-brown above, russet tail, rufous-buff underparts and a white throat.

[edit] Distribution

A small area of north east Brazil.

[edit] Status

Critically endangered

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic.

[edit] Habitat

Moist lowland forests.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes arthropods, including spiders, beetles, ants and cockroaches.

[edit] References

1. Arthur Grosset
2. BirdLife International

[edit] External Links

• Arthur Grosset's Birds