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Myrmeciza zeledoni (Zeledon's Antbird)

Synonyms: Hafferia zeledoni (homotypic); Hafferia zeledoni berlepschi; Hafferia zeledoni zeledoni

Wikipedia Abstract

Zeledon's antbird (Myrmeciza zeledonia) is a species of antbird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found at low levels in humid forests from Nicaragua to Panama, and in the Chocó of western Colombia and western Ecuador. It was formerly treated as a subspecies of Myrmeciza immaculata. Zeledon's antbird feeds on insects, and regularly follows swarms of army ants in order to catch prey flushed by the swarms, but it is not an obligate ant-follower like some species of antbirds. The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the Costa Rican ornithologist José Cástulo Zeledón.
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Infraspecies

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  48 grams
Breeding Habitat [2]  Tropical evergreen forests
Wintering Geography [2]  Non-migrartory
Wintering Habitat [2]  Tropical evergreen forests
Clutch Size [1]  2
Incubation [1]  17 days

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
2Partners in Flight Avian Conservation Assessment Database, version 2017. Accessed on January 2018.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0