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Male
Photo by: Marian Alvarez
Monteverde, Costa Rica, August 2006
Hafferia zeledoni

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.

Distribution

Central America: found in southern Nicaragua through Costa Rica and Panama; possibly Honduras?
South America: occurs in Colombia and Ecuador on the Pacific slope of the Andes.

Taxonomy

Female
Photo by: megan perkins
Location: Rancho Naturalista, Costa Rica, March 2010

Formerly placed in genus Myrmeciza.

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized:[1]

This species was formerly included in Immaculate Antbird together with Blue-lored Antbird.

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.

Diet

Their diet consists of ants and grasshoppers, also fish, worms and small crustaceans.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Birdforum thread discussing taxonomy of this species
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved October 2014)

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