Harlequin antbird

The harlequin antbird (Rhegmatorhina berlepschi) is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is endemic to Brazil.

Harlequin antbird
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thamnophilidae
Genus: Rhegmatorhina
Species:
R. berlepschi
Binomial name
Rhegmatorhina berlepschi
(Snethlage, 1907)

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

This species is a specialist ant-follower that depends on swarms of army ants to flush insects and other arthropods out of the leaf litter.[2][3]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Rhegmatorhina berlepschi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Zimmer, K.; Isler, M.L. (2018) [2003]. del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Typical Antbirds (Thamnophilidae)". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  3. Willis, Edwin O. (1969). "On the behavior of five species of Rhegmatorhina, ant-following antbirds of the Amazon basin" (PDF). Wilson Bulletin. 81: 362–395.
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