| 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 | |
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Cercomacroides laeta Todd, 1920 |
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| Synonyms | |
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Cercomacra laeta |
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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.