White-bellied Antbird
Myrmeciza longipes (Swainson, 1825)
Thamnophilidae — Antbirds
White-bellied Antbird, Myrmeciza longipes, is a passerine of the antbird family found from Panama through northern South America, including Trinidad. It is a resident bird across its range. The species is placed in a disjunct set of populations, with different subspecies occurring in Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and north-eastern Brazil. It lives mainly on the forest floor and in the understorey of moderately humid semi-deciduous woodland, and also uses deciduous forest, small areas of wetter rainforest, gallery forest and shrubby secondary growth.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Thamnophilidae — Antbirds
- Breeding range
- South America: e Panama to n SA including Trinidad
