Black-and-white Antbird
Myrmochanes hemileucus (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1866)
Thamnophilidae — Antbirds
Black-and-white Antbird, Myrmochanes hemileucus, is a passerine of the antbird family in the western Amazon Basin of South America, where it occurs along the Amazon and its tributaries in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. It is the only species in Myrmochanes and has no subspecies. First described by Sclater and Salvin in 1866, it is tied mainly to river islands, especially younger ones with Tessaria scrub and vine tangles beneath tall Cecropia forest. It is also recorded in agricultural plots on the mainland.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Thamnophilidae — Antbirds
- Breeding range
- South America: w Amazon and tributaries
