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Male
Photo © by Stanley Jones
Chuncho Lodge, Madre de Dios Department, Peru, August 2018
Akletos goeldii

Identification

17 cm (6¾ in)
Male

  • Black plumage
  • Red eye

Similar Species

Male White-shouldered Antbird is similar but females differ; should mostly be found north of Goeldi's Antbird.

Distribution

Female
Photo © by Stanley Jones
Chuncho Lodge, Madre de Dios Department, Peru, August 2018

South America: found from South-eastern Peru to extreme north-western Bolivia and extreme south-western Amazonian Brazil

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].
Formerly placed in genus Myrmeciza by Gill and Donsker.

Habitat

Varied lowland habitat, including thickets, bamboo and different types of forest and edge.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of insects, including spiders, but there is little information available.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved April 2014 and October 2017)

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