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Willis's antbird

Willis's antbird
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thamnophilidae
Genus: Cercomacroides
Species: C. laeta
Binomial name
Cercomacroides laeta
Todd, 1920
Synonyms

Cercomacra laeta


Cercomacra laeta

Willis's antbird (Cercomacroides laeta), also known as the laeta antbird, is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is endemic to Brazil. It was formerly considered a subspecies of dusky antbird.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.

The common name commemorates the American ornithologist Edwin O’Neill Willis.



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