Zeledon's Antbird - BirdForum Opus

Male. Photo by: Marian Alvarez
Location: Monteverde, Costa Rica.

Myrmeciza 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: southern Nicaragua through Costa Rica and Panama; possibly Honduras? South America: Ecuador.

Taxonomy

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

Two subspecies are recognized:^[1]

• M. i. zeledoni from extreme southern Nicaragua (San Juan) to western Panama
• M. i. macrorhyncha from eastern Panama (Darién) to western Colombia and western Ecuador

This species was formerly included in Immaculate 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.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019
2. Birdforum thread discussing taxonomy of this species

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Zeledon's Antbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 21 December 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Zeledon%27s_Antbird

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