Birds of Brazil

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Genus: Cercomacra (6 species, 7 worldwide)


Rio de Janeiro Antbird (Cercomacra brasiliana) Male Near Threatened ENDEMIC Brazil Female is uniform olive-brown.
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza © All Rights Reserved.


Rio Branco Antbird (Cercomacra carbonaria) Critically Endangered Manari Ranch, Guyana
Photograph by Bradley Hacker © All Rights Reserved.


Grey Antbird (Cercomacra cinerascens immaculata) Male Les Nouragues, French Guiana
Photograph by Mathias Fernandez © All Rights Reserved.


Grey Antbird (Cercomacra cinerascens immaculata) Male Les Nouragues, French Guiana
Photograph by Mathias Fernandez © All Rights Reserved.

A vocal antbird only found high in the canopy, and thus rarely seen. Note white tips to tail feathers. Female is brownish.


Bananal Antbird (Cercomacra ferdinandi) Male Near Threatened ENDEMIC Canguçu Ecological Reserve, TO, Brazil
Photograph by Marco Cruz © All Rights Reserved.


Manu Antbird (Cercomacra manu) Male Villa Carmen, Pilcopata, Peru
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Manu Antbird (Cercomacra manu) Female Los Amigos Biological Station, Peru
Photograph by Joe Tobias © All Rights Reserved.

A bamboo specialist. Male black, female dark grey.


Mato Grosso Antbird (Cercomacra melanaria) Male Pouso Alegre Lodge, Poconé, MT, Brazil
Photograph by Rodrigo Conte © All Rights Reserved.


Mato Grosso Antbird (Cercomacra melanaria) Female Aquidauana, MS, Brazil
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