Willis's Antbird (Cercomacroides laeta)

Family
Thamnophilidae (Typical Antbirds)

Size
13.50 - 14.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Todd, 1920)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland and swamp forest. From sea-level - 900 m.

Range (Guide)

Brazil.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (45)...)

Willis's Antbird (Cercomacroides laeta) [XC427182]
by Caio Brito from RPPN Garga\u00fa, Santa Rita-PB, Para\u00edba, Brazil (canto)

Willis's Antbird (Cercomacroides laeta) [XC782795]
by Fernando Igor de Godoy from RPPN Garga\u00fa, Santa Rita-PB, Para\u00edba, Brazil (duet, song)

Subspecies
Cercomacra tyrannina (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Dusky Antbird (Cercomacroides tyrannina) and Willis's Antbird (Cercomacroides laeta) following SACC (2005).

Probably closest to Dusky Antbird (Cercomacroides tyrannina) and until recently treated as conspecific. Together with Blackish Antbird (Cercomacroides nigrescens), Parker's Antbird (Cercomacroides parkeri) and Black Antbird (Cercomacroides serva) they are considered to form a species group, on basis of plumage and vocal characters, and pending completion of major genetic study.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

waimiri (Bierregaard, Cohn-Haft & Stotz, 1997) - North-central Amazonian Brazil (eastern Roraima, north-eastern Amazonas, north-western Par�) and extreme southern Guyana.
laeta (Todd, 1920) - South-eastern Amazonian Brazil (eastern Par�, western Maranh�o).
sabinoi (Pinto, 1939) - Coastal north-eastern Brazil in Pernambuco and Alagoas.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Williss Antbird (Cercomacroides laeta) - 10 files

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