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Narrow-billed Antwren
Formicivora iheringi Hellmayr, 1909
Thamnophilidae — Antbirds
Narrow-billed Antwren, Formicivora iheringi, is a passerine bird of the antbird family found in eastern Brazil, with a breeding range in Bahia and Minas Gerais. It lives in the understorey and mid-storey of deciduous forest, and in part of Bahia it also uses mata-de-cipó. The species has a longish bill and tail, and adult males and females differ in plumage. It is the only member of its genus group, and earlier treatments placed it in Neorhopias. It was described by Hellmayr in 1909.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Thamnophilidae — Antbirds
- Breeding range
- South America: e Brazil
