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Myrmelastes rufifacies

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

Brazil south of the Amazon (Rio Madeira to Rio Tocantins and northern Rondônia).

Taxonomy

Split from Spot-winged Antbird.
Monotypic.
Placed in genus Schistocichla by Gill and Donsker.Myrmelastes

Habitat

Moist lowland and montane forests.

Behaviour

References

  1. Proposal for SACC splits

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