Birds of Venezuela

    PASSERIFORMES: Thamnophilidae (Antbirds)  
Genus: Ammonastes (1 species, 1 worldwide)


Grey-bellied Antbird
Grey-bellied Antbird (Ammonastes pelzelni) Male
Mitu, Vaupes, Colombia
  Note black chest on male.
   
Photograph by Manakin Nature Tours - Luis Urueña   © All Rights Reserved.

Grey-bellied Antbird
Grey-bellied Antbird (Ammonastes pelzelni) Female
Mitu, Vaupes, Colombia
  Female lacks black chest.
   
Photograph by Manakin Nature Tours - Luis Urueña   © All Rights Reserved.

Found in the white sand forest in the northwest Amazon. Usuallly seen in pairs close to the ground.


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