Willis's antbird
| Willis's antbird | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thamnophilidae |
| Genus: | Cercomacroides |
| Species: | C. laeta |
| Binomial name | |
| Cercomacroides laeta Todd, 1920 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Cercomacra laeta | |
Willis's antbird (Cercomacroides laeta), also known as the laeta antbird, is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. 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.[2]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Cercomacra laeta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 368.