Cordillera Azul Antbird

Myrmoderus eowilsoni

Near Threatened · IUCN Red List

NTNear ThreatenedEndemicInvertebratesForestSmall · 26 g

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The Cordillera Azul antbird is 14 to 15 cm (5.5 to 5.9 in) long and weighs 24.7 to 29.0 g (0.87 to 1.0 oz). Adult males have a warm sepia-brown crown and nape and brown upperparts with a small white patch between their scapulars. Their flight feathers are fuscous-black with brown edges. Their wing coverts are black with wide buff tips. Their tail is brown on top and fuscous below. Their eye is surrounded by bare blue-gray skin. Their forehead and lores are black and they have a pale gray supercilium on an otherwise black face. Voice: Male Cordillera Azul antbirds sing "four whistled notes in two couplets (songs of 2–3 notes heard rarely), usually with the first note highest in pitch, the second lower, the third of similar or slightly higher pitch, and the final note lowest in pitch".

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When to see the Cordillera Azul Antbird

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Where to see the Cordillera Azul Antbird

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About the Cordillera Azul Antbird

The Cordillera Azul antbird is a Near Threatened species of passerine bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is found only in the Cordillera Azul, San Martín Region, Peru.

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