Birds of Ecuador

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


Black-chinned Antbird
Black-chinned Antbird (Hypocnemoides melanopogon occidentalis) Male
Inírida, Guainía, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Black-chinned Antbird
Black-chinned Antbird (Hypocnemoides melanopogon occidentalis) Female
Inírida, Guainía, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Often found in flooded forest habitat. Almost identical to Band-tailed Antbird found south of the Amazon river, but has a little less white on the tip of the tail.


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