Biology:Harlequin antbird
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Short description: Species of bird
| Harlequin antbird | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thamnophilidae |
| Genus: | Rhegmatorhina |
| Species: | R. berlepschi
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| Binomial name | |
| Rhegmatorhina berlepschi (Snethlage, 1907)
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The harlequin antbird (Rhegmatorhina berlepschi) is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is endemic to Brazil .
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
This species is a specialist ant-follower that depends on swarms of army ants to flush insects and other arthropods out of the leaf litter.[2][3]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Rhegmatorhina berlepschi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22701904A93853959. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22701904A93853959.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22701904/93853959. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ↑ Zimmer, K.; Isler, M.L. (2018). "Typical Antbirds (Thamnophilidae)". in del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J. et al.. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. https://www.hbw.com/node/52291.
- ↑ Willis, Edwin O. (1969). "On the behavior of five species of Rhegmatorhina, ant-following antbirds of the Amazon basin". Wilson Bulletin 81: 362–395. https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/wilson/v081n04/p0363-p0395.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q541777 entry
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