Black Antbird (Cercomacroides serva)

Family
Thamnophilidae (Typical Antbirds)

Size
14 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sclater, 1858)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland and swamp forest. From sea-level - 1,350 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.

East of Andes from southern Colombia (Putumayo), Ecuador, Peru and south-western Amazonian Brazil (east to lower R Juru� and upper R Madeira) south to north-western Bolivia (Pando, La Paz).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (34)...)

Black Antbird (Cercomacroides serva) [XC260798]
by Mitch Lysinger from Orellana: 'Tiputini Biodiversity Station', Ecuador (subsong, \)

Black Antbird (Cercomacroides serva) [XC685166]
by Jacob Wijpkema from Orquidea del Manu, Abun\u00e1, Departamento de Pando, Bolivia (song)

Subspecies
Considered to form a species group with Blackish Antbird (Cercomacroides nigrescens), Willis's Antbird (Cercomacroides laeta), Dusky Antbird (Cercomacroides tyrannina) and Parker's Antbird (Cercomacroides parkeri) on basis of plumage and vocal characters, and pending completion of major genetic study. Birds from central Peru and western Brazil south to Bolivia described as subspecies hypomelaena, but appear to represent southern end of a cline of decreasing plumage darkness.

No subspecies.

References
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Files:

JPG files for Black Antbird (Cercomacroides serva) - 10 files

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