Birds of Guyana

    PASSERIFORMES: Thamnophilidae (Antbirds)  
Genus: Cercomacroides (3 species, 6 worldwide)


Willis's Antbird
Willis's Antbird (Cercomacroides laeta) Male
São Miguel, Alagoas, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Hector Bottai     Copyright and usage info


Blackish Antbird
Blackish Antbird (Cercomacroides nigrescens nigrescens) Male
Peperpot Nature Park, Commewijne, Suriname
  A darker race than those in the southern half of South America.
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.

Blackish Antbird
Blackish Antbird (Cercomacroides nigrescens aequatorialis) Female
Wildsumaco Lodge, Sumaco, Ecuador
  Note greyish eyes.
   
Photograph by Peter Hawrylyshyn   © All Rights Reserved.

Now a foothill species after the virtually identical Riparian Antbird was split off, because of habitat and vocal differences.

Dusky Antbird
Dusky Antbird (Cercomacroides tyrannina) Male
Bahia Solano, Choco, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Dusky Antbird
Dusky Antbird (Cercomacroides tyrannina) Immature
Metropolitan Park, Panama City, Panama  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Male may show white on back.
Male from back showing (optional) white stripe on upper back.


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