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Male Immaculate Antbird
Photo by Nomdeploom.
Location: Tandayapa Bird Lodge, northwest Ecuador.
Myrmeciza immaculata

Identification

Length 18.5cm (7.25in.). Male is black with bare, pale blue skin around eye. Has small white mark on shoulders, but this is often hidden. Female similar, but overall brown with darker tail. Rather unmistakable as the only Myrmeciza in its range.

Distribution

Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Venezuela, and possibly Honduras.

Female Immaculate Antbird
Photo by Nomdeploom.
Location: Tandayapa Bird Lodge, northwest Ecuador.

Taxonomy

Habitat

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

Behaviour

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

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