Roraiman Antbird

Myrmelastes saturatus (Salvin, 1885)

Roraiman Antbird, Myrmelastes saturatus, is a passerine of the antbird family found in south Venezuela, north Brazil and west Guyana. It lives in the eastern tepui region where those three countries meet, including Mount Roraima and other tepuis nearby. The bird is tied to dense understorey in tall evergreen forest, especially along the edges of clear fast streams on steep rocky slopes. In Brazil and Guyana it is mostly recorded above 700 m, while in Venezuela it is usually found between 1,000 and 1,500 m. It was described by Salvin in 1885.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Thamnophilidae — Antbirds

Breeding range

South America: se Venezuela, n Brazil and w Guyana