Birds of Venezuela

    PASSERIFORMES: Thamnophilidae (Antbirds)  
Genus: Hafferia (1 species, 3 worldwide)


Blue-lored Antbird
Blue-lored Antbird (Hafferia immaculata) Male
Laguna Tabacal, Cundinamarca, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Blue-lored Antbird
Blue-lored Antbird (Hafferia immaculata concepcion) Female
Aralcal, San Peregrino, Caldas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Juan Antonio Ocampo Wilches   © All Rights Reserved.

Spottily distributed in the Andes. Closely related to Zeledon's Antbird which is found on the Pacific slope. The biggest visual difference is the shade of brown of the females. Only one of several of the vocalizations is different. Once called the Immaculate Antbird.


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