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Male. Photo by: Marian Alvarez
Location: Monteverde, Costa Rica.

Myrmeciza immaculata

Includes: Zeledon's Antbird

[edit] Identification

Length 18.5cm (7.25in.)
Male: Black with bare, pale blue skin around eye (which often looks white behind the eye). Has small white mark on shoulders, but this is often hidden.
Female: Similar, but black overall replaced with brown with darker tail.

[edit] Distribution

Central America: southern Nicaragua through Costa Rica and Panama; possibly Honduras? South America: Colombia, Ecuador, and western Venezuela.

[edit] Taxonomy

Female. Photo by: megan perkins
Location: Rancho Naturalista, Costa Rica.

Four subspecies are recognized:^[1]

• M. i. zeledoni
• M. i. macrorhyncha
• M. i. brunnea
• M. i. immaculata

This species has been split in two by the SACC; the Opus awaits the position of the world wide checklists before following.

[edit] Habitat

Undergrowth of humid forest and woodland on western slope of Andes, mostly below 1400m.

[edit] Behaviour

Shy and seldom seen on dark forest floors, where it forages for insects. Will follow ant swarms.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019
2. Birdforum thread discussing taxonomy of this species

• List of references

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