Birds of Venezuela

    PASSERIFORMES: Thamnophilidae (Antbirds)  
Genus: Clytoctantes (1 species, 2 worldwide)


Recurve-billed Bushbird
Recurve-billed Bushbird (Clytoctantes alixii) Male Endangered
Colombia  
   
Photograph by Manakin Nature Tours - Luis Urueña   © All Rights Reserved.

Recurve-billed Bushbird
Recurve-billed Bushbird (Clytoctantes alixii) Female Endangered
Ocaña, Norte de Santander, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A large all black (male, female brown) antbird with an upturned bill used to chisel bamboo. Rare and local.


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