Willis's Antbird (Cercomacroides laeta)
About the Willis's Antbird
Willis's antbird (Cercomacroides laeta), also known as the laeta antbird, is a species of bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is found in Brazil and Guyana. Willis's antbird was described by the American ornithologist W. E. Clyde Todd in 1920 as a subspecies of the dusky antbird and given the trinomial name Cercomacra tyrannina laeta. A 1997 study found that Willis's antbird differed from the dusky antbird in both plumage and voice and as a result, Willis's antbird was promoted to species status. The 1997 paper suggested its English name to commemorate the American ornithologist Edwin O'Neill Willis.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 63 recordings for this species: 46 CC BY-NC-SA · 17 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Brazil in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Black AntbirdCercomacroides servarecording
- Blackish AntbirdCercomacroides nigrescensrecording
- Dusky AntbirdCercomacroides tyranninarecording
- Riparian AntbirdCercomacroides fuscicaudarecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.