The Mayan antthrush (''Formicarius moniliger'') is a
species
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of
bird
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in the family
Formicariidae. It is found in southern Mexico through northwestern
Honduras
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.
The Mayan antthrush (''Formicarius moniliger'') was formerly considered to be
conspecific with the
black-faced antthrush
The black-faced antthrush (''Formicarius analis''), is a species of passerine bird in the family Formicariidae.
Taxonomy
The black-faced antthrush was formally described in 1837 by the French naturalists Alcide d'Orbigny and Frédéric de Lafr ...
(''Formicarius analis'') but is now treated as a separate species based primarily on the differences in its song.
References
Mayan antthrush
Mayan antthrush
Mayan antthrush
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