List of Birds of Belize - Antbirds

Antbirds

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Thamnophilidae

The antbirds are a large family of small passerine birds of subtropical and tropical Central and South America. They are forest birds, and tend to feed on insects at or near the ground. A sizable minority of them specialize in following columns of army ants to eat the small invertebrates that leave hiding to flee the ants.Many species lack bright colour; brown, black and white being the dominant tones.

  • Great Antshrike Taraba major
  • Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
  • Western Slaty-Antshrike Thamnophilus atrinucha
  • Russet Antshrike Thamnistes anabatinus
  • Plain Antvireo Dysithamnus mentalis
  • Slaty Antwren Myrmotherula schisticolor
  • Dot-winged Antwren Microrhopias quixensis
  • Dusky Antbird Cercomacra tyrannina
  • Bare-crowned Antbird Gymnocichla nudiceps

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