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Bananal antbird
Cercomacra ferdinandi
The Bananal antbird (Cercomacra ferdinandi) is a Near Threatened species of bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is endemic to central Brazil.
The Bananal antbird is 16 cm (6.3 in) long; one individual weighed 15 g (0.53 oz). Adult males are almost entirely black, with white edges on their outer scapulars, a white patch between them, and a hidden white patch under them. Their wing coverts and tail feathers have white tips and their flight feathers have white inner edges. Females are mostly gray, with white in the same places as the male and thin white streaks on their throat and breast.
Aliases
Cercomacra ferdinandi