Typical Antbirds (Thamnophilidae)
Rio de Janeiro Antbird (Cercomacra brasiliana) - HBW 8, p. 631
French: Grisin du Brésil
German: Rio de Janeiro-Ameisenfänger
Spanish: Hormiguero Brasileño
Taxonomy: Cercomacra brasiliana Hellmayr, 1905, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Relationships uncertain; sometimes considered close to C. cinerascens on basis of plumage, but vocalizations suggest a relationship with the “C. nigricans group”. Monotypic.
Distribution: SE Brazil (SE Bahia, E Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro and Espírito Santo).
- Near Threatened Enlarge map
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A male moving from branch to branch and calling twice at the end Locality Boa Nova, Bahia State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 18 January 2005 4 years ago 22 sec 4
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Female
Locality Bandeira, Balbina Forest, Minas Gerais State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Ciro Albano 19 October 2009 2 years ago 3
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Song from a bird in brush at the edge of the road. Locality Boa Nova, Bahia State, Brazil
(Monotypic species)
Bradley Davis 24 October 2005 2 years ago 4
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