Bananal antbird
| Bananal antbird | |
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| male at Canguçu Ecological Reserve, Pium, Tocantins state, Brazil | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thamnophilidae |
| Genus: | Cercomacra |
| Species: | C. ferdinandi
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| Binomial name | |
| Cercomacra ferdinandi Snethlage, 1928
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The bananal antbird (Cercomacra ferdinandi) is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae.
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.
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2020). "Cercomacra ferdinandi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22701677A172659058. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22701677A172659058.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
External links[]
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List near threatened species
- Cercomacra
- Birds of the Cerrado
- Endemic birds of Brazil
- Birds described in 1928
- Taxa named by Emilie Snethlage
- Thamnophilidae stubs