Birds of Peru

    PASSERIFORMES: Thamnophilidae (Antbirds)  
Genus: Cercomacra (2 species, 7 worldwide)


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

Grey Antbird
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.

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

Manu Antbird
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.


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