Bananal antbird
The bananal antbird (Cercomacra ferdinandi) is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae.
| Bananal antbird | |
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| male at Canguçu Ecological Reserve, Pium, Tocantins state, Brazil | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thamnophilidae |
| Genus: | Cercomacra |
| Species: | C. ferdinandi |
| Binomial name | |
| Cercomacra ferdinandi Snethlage, 1928 | |
It is endemic to the wetlands of the central Araguaia river in Brazil, and has one of the smallest ranges of any Amazon bird.
Habitat
Its natural habitat is the igapó flooded forest, where it hunts for insects and invertebrates in the understory. It is most abundant in the Cantão wetlands, which form the largest flooded forest of the southeastern Amazon.
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References
- BirdLife International (2012). "Cercomacra ferdinandi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
External links
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