Humaita Antbird

Myrmelastes humaythae

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestSmall · 26 g

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The Humaita antbird is 14 to 16 cm (5.5 to 6.3 in) long. Males have medium gray upperparts with an olive-brown tinge. Their wings and tail are blackish gray with wide white tips on the wing coverts. Their throat and underparts are paler gray. Females have a brown crown and upperparts. Their wings and tail are blackish brown with pale cinnamon-rufous tips on the wing coverts. Their face is gray. Their throat and belly are pale tawny and their flanks and undertail coverts olive-brown. Both sexes have pink legs and feet. Voice: The Humaita antbird's song is a long trill that rises in pitch from start to finish and whose pace increases at the beginning, is steady in the middle, and decreases towards the end.

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When to see the Humaita Antbird

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Humaita Antbird

Regular range

The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Humaita Antbird

The Humaita antbird is a species of passerine bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is found in Brazil, Bolivia, and Peru.

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