Blue-lored antbird

Hafferia immaculata

The blue-lored antbird is a species of antbird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found at low levels in humid Andean forests in western and northern Colombia, western Venezuela. It formerly included the Zeledon's antbird as a subspecies.
Blue-lored Antbird (Hafferia immaculata) Laguna El Tabacal, Cundinamarca, Colombia. Nov 8, 2022 Blue-lored antbird,Colombia,Fall,Geotagged,Hafferia immaculata

Appearance

The blue-lored antbird is strongly sexually dichromatic: the male has an entirely black plumage, while the female has a rufous-brown plumage and a black mask. Both sexes have a blue patch of skin around the eyes.
Blue-lored antbird - vertical perch, Los Cedros Reserve, Ecuador An extreme case of luck as this rarely seen antbird performs three perches in the open, in a row. This is the male. The old name is "immaculate antbird". https://www.jungledragon.com/image/132663/blue-lored_antbird_-_perched_los_cedros_reserve_ecuador.html https://www.jungledragon.com/image/132662/blue-lored_antbird_los_cedros_reserve_ecuador.html Blue-lored antbird,Ecuador,Ecuador 2021,Fall,Geotagged,Hafferia immaculata,Los Cedros Reserve,South America,World

Naming

This species was previously included in the genus "Myrmeciza". A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2013 found that "Myrmeciza", as then defined, was polyphyletic. In the resulting rearrangement to create monophyletic genera the blue-lored antbird was moved to the newly erected genus "Hafferia".
Blue-lored antbird, Los Cedros Reserve, Ecuador An extreme case of luck as this rarely seen antbird performs three perches in the open, in a row. This is the male. The old name is "immaculate antbird". https://www.jungledragon.com/image/132663/blue-lored_antbird_-_perched_los_cedros_reserve_ecuador.html https://www.jungledragon.com/image/132664/blue-lored_antbird_-_vertical_perch_los_cedros_reserve_ecuador.html Blue-lored antbird,Ecuador,Ecuador 2021,Fall,Geotagged,Los Cedros Reserve,Percnostola immaculata,South America,World

Food

The blue-lored antbird feeds on insects, and regularly follows swarms of army ants in order to catch prey flushed by the swarms, but it is not an obligate ant-follower like some species of antbirds.

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Status: Least concern
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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyThamnophilidae
GenusHafferia
SpeciesH. immaculata
Photographed in
Colombia
Ecuador