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