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Humaita Antbird
Myrmelastes humaythae (Hellmayr, 1907)
Thamnophilidae — Antbirds
Humaita Antbird, Myrmelastes humaythae, is a passerine of the antbird family found in western Amazonian Brazil and northern Bolivia. It also occurs in the eastern part of Madre de Dios in south-eastern Peru, though its breeding range is given as Brazil and Bolivia. It lives on the forest floor and in the understorey of evergreen terra firme forest, especially in poorly drained places and beside small watercourses. It was first described by Hellmayr in 1907 and is now placed in Myrmelastes.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Thamnophilidae — Antbirds
- Breeding range
- South America: w Amazonian Brazil and n Bolivia
