Birds of Ecuador

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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.

Jet Antbird
Jet Antbird (Cercomacra nigricans) Male
Reserva Ecologica Manglares-Churute, Guayas province, Ecuador   		   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.

Jet Antbird
Jet Antbird (Cercomacra nigricans) Female
Laguna Sonso, Valle de Cauca, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Peter Hawrylyshyn   © All Rights Reserved.
Often in dry or seasonally dry forests.

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