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Willis's antbird

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Passeriformes

Genus
  
Cercomacroides

Higher classification
  
Cercomacra

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Thamnophilidae

Scientific name
  
Cercomacra laeta

Rank
  
Species

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Willis's antbird (Cercomacroides laeta), also known as the laeta antbird, is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is endemic to Brazil. It was formerly considered a subspecies of dusky antbird.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.

The common name commemorates the American ornithologist Edwin O’Neill Willis.

References

Willis's antbird Wikipedia