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Caura Antbird
Myrmelastes caurensis (Hellmayr, 1906)
Thamnophilidae — Antbirds
Caura Antbird, Myrmelastes caurensis, is a passerine antbird of north-central Amazonia in South America, recorded from Brazil and Venezuela. It lives on the forest floor and in the understorey of humid evergreen and semi-deciduous woodland, especially on foothills and lower slopes of tepuis. It is also associated with places that have large boulders and outcrops covered in moss and ferns, together with a fairly open understorey. The species was described by Hellmayr in 1906 and is placed in the family Thamnophilidae. Its breeding range is in north-central Amazonia.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Thamnophilidae — Antbirds
- Breeding range
- South America: nc Amazonia
