Black-faced Antbird
A species of Black-faced Antbirds Scientific name : Myrmoborus myotherinus Genus : Black-faced Antbirds
Black-faced Antbird, A species of Black-faced Antbirds
Botanical name: Myrmoborus myotherinus
Genus: Black-faced Antbirds
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Description General Info
Description
The black-faced antbird is 12–13 cm (4.7–5.1 in) in length and weighs around 16–22 g (0.56–0.78 oz). The male of the nominate race is blueish grey above, with the wings and tail slightly darker, a black face, throat and wing tips. The female is duller, mostly olive-brown with black tipped wings and light buff underparts. The different races vary in the darkness of the male and colours and pattern of the female. 
Size
13 cm
Nest Placement
Shrub
Feeding Habits
Black-faced Antbird consumes insects and spiders, foraging in pairs or groups, often within mixed-species flocks. They employ a hop-and-scan method and exploit army ant swarms for flushed prey, yet are not strictly ant-dependent and exhibit a hierarchical feeding dominance.
Habitat
The black-faced Antbird typically resides in the understory of lowland and foothill evergreen forests, as well as adjacent tall second-growth woodlands in broad tropical regions. These environments are characterized by dense vegetation and frequent light gaps, such as areas around fallen trees in terra firme forests. However, black-faced Antbird is not commonly found in várzea or igapó environments and may occasionally venture into the more open undergrowth of the surrounding forest.
Dite type
Insectivorous
General Info
Feeding Habits
Bird food type
Distribution Area
The black-faced antbird is found in a wide range of about 4,800,000 km across the Amazon basin in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland and foothill evergreen forest, generally below 1000 m. It prefers densely vegetated areas in light gaps (such as tree falls) in terra firme forest.
Species Status
The population size and trends in population numbers have not been determined, but is it believed that the black-faced antbird is not threatened and so the species is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Antbirds Genus
Black-faced Antbirds Species
Black-faced Antbird 
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