Jet Antbird (Cercomacra nigricans)

Family
Thamnophilidae (Typical Antbirds)

Size
15 cm

First Described (Guide)
Sclater, 1858

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest. From sea-level - 1,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Venezuela.

Central and eastern Panama (from Veraguas on Pacific slope and Col�n on Caribbean east to Dari�n, also Pearl Is), western and northern Colombia (Pacific slope in Choc� and Valle, Caribbean slope east to Magdalena, upper Cauca Valley, Magdalena Valley, and base of eastern Andes south to Meta), west, northern and eastern Venezuela (southern T�chira and western Apure, coastal zone from Aragua east to Delta Amacuro, and along R Orinoco) and western Ecuador.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (31)...)

Jet Antbird (Cercomacra nigricans) [XC96087]
by Diego Calderon-F. from Bellavista Reserve, Victoria, Caldas, Colombia (song)

Jet Antbird (Cercomacra nigricans) [XC260801]
by Robert S. Ridgely from Los R\u00edos: Jauneche, Ecuador (call, calls)

Subspecies
Appears to form a species group with Rio Branco Antbird (Cercomacra carbonaria), Mato Grosso Antbird (Cercomacra melanaria) and Bananal Antbird (Cercomacra ferdinandi) on basis of plumage, vocalizations and ecology, with Manu Antbird (Cercomacra manu) probably sister to the group. Birds from north-western Colombia sometimes separated as subspecies atrata, but considered indistinguishable from other populations.

No subspecies.

References
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Files:

JPG files for Jet Antbird (Cercomacra nigricans) - 10 files

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