''Clytoctantes'' is a

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n genus of

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birds in the antbird family, Thamnophilidae. Males are grey or black and females are mainly

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. The stubby, hefty bill has a distinctly upcurved lower mandible and a straight culmen (a large version of the bills of the recurvebills), which possibly is a modification for opening

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stems in their search for insects. The two species were feared to be

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or nearly so, until both were rediscovered in 2004.

Species

Recurve-billed bushbird The recurve-billed bushbird (''Clytoctantes alixii'') is an Endangered species of Thamnophilid antbird that inhabits dense stands of secondary vegetation at the northern end of the Andes in Colombia and Venezuela. It is named for its extraordi ...

(''Clytoctantes alixii'') * Rondônia bushbird (''Clytoctantes atrogularis'') The name "bushbird" is shared with the rather similar, but smaller-billed black bushbird from the monotypic genus '' Neoctantes''. Bushbirds Bird genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Thamnophilidae-stub