Slate-colored Antbird - BirdForum Opus

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Myrmelastes schistaceus

Identification

14cm. Black bill and legs, dark blue grey above and below, small white dots on wing coverts, rufous crown, dark rufous back, chestnut head and underparts.

Distribution

Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.

Habitat

Moist lowland forests.

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. Dickinson, EC, ed. 2003. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 3rd ed., with updates to December 2007 (Corrigenda 7). Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691117010
3. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2016. IOC World Bird Names (version 6.3). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.

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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Slate-colored Antbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 10 September 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Slate-colored_Antbird

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