Hairy-crested antbird

Rhegmatorhina melanosticta

The hairy-crested antbird is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Hairy-crested antbird (Rhegmatorhina melanosticta) PNYC - El Paujil, Pasco, Peru. Aug 25, 2020 Geotagged,Hairy-crested antbird,Peru,Rhegmatorhina melanosticta,Winter

Naming

The hairy-crested antbird was described by the English ornithologists Philip Sclater and Osbert Salvin in 1880 and given the binomial name "Pithys melanosticta". The present genus "Rhegmatorhina" was introduced by the American ornithologist Robert Ridgway in 1888. The specific epithet "melanosticta" is from the Ancient Greek "melanostiktos" meaning "black-spotted". It combines "melas" meaning "black" and "stiktos " meaning "spotted".
Hairy-crested Antbird (Rhegmatorhina melanosticta) The Hairy-crested Antbird is a very special bird of Amazonas, and I was lucky to spend some time with one at Reserva Natural Palmari in Brazil. Brazil,Geotagged,Hairy-crested antbird,Rhegmatorhina melanosticta,antbirds

Food

The hairy-crested antbird is a specialist ant-follower that relies on swarms of army ants to flush insects and other arthropods out of the leaf litter.

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Status: Least concern
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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyThamnophilidae
GenusRhegmatorhina
SpeciesR. melanosticta
Photographed in
Brazil
Peru