Black-bellied Antwren (Formicivora melanogaster)
Male Black-bellied Antwren, Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil, July 2002 - click for larger image Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil
July 2002

The Black-bellied Antwren is found in north-east and central Brazil and into eastern Bolivia. It inhabits low strata in woodland and dense scrub.

The male is dark brown above with a broad white supercilium. The wings are blackish with a bold white wing-bar and the flanks are greyish although this is often hidden under the wings.

There is an illustration of a female in Ridgely & Tudor, Volume 2, Plate 20.

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