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Photo © by Thibaud Aronson
Concesion Villa Ana, Madre de Dios) Peru, 29 October 2023

Myrmelastes humaythae

Identification

14.5 cm, Long bill, dusky legs, slate gray above, pale gray below, black wing coverts with 2 rows of small white dots, brown primaries. Female - gray head, brown back, dark brown wings with 3 rows of buff spots, buff throat, orange rufous underparts.

Distribution

Western Amazonian Brazil (east to the Madeira River), southeastern [[Peru}} (eastern Madre de Dios), and extreme northern Bolivia (Pando).

Taxonomy

Split from Spot-winged Antbird.
This is a monotypic species^[1].

Habitat

Moist lowland forests, with a marked preference for Moriche palm swamps in parts of its range.

References

1. Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. SACC: split from Spot-winged Antbird

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