Myrmeciza atrothorax
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The black-throated antbird (Myrmophylax atrothorax) is a species of passerine bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
The black-throated antbird was described by the French polymath Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon in his Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux in 1779. The bird was also illustrated in a hand-colored plate engraved by François-Nicolas Martinet in the Planches Enluminées D'Histoire Naturelle which was produced under the supervision of Edme-Louis Daubenton to accompany Buffon's text. Neither the plate caption nor Buffon's description included a scientific name but in 1783 the Dutch naturalist Pieter Boddaert coined the binomial name Formicarius attothorax in his catalogue of the Planches Enluminées. (The specific epithet's spelling was later corrected to atrothorax). The type locality is the city of Cayenne in French Guiana.
The black-throated antbird was usually placed in the genus Myrmeciza but a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2013 found that the genus was polyphyletic. In the resulting... Wikipedia →
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French Guiana · 2025
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French Guiana · 2024
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 2 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 3 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 4 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname | |
| 5 | Amboró National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Black-throated Antbird sighting in Amboró National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 221st most-seen of the 273 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black-throated Antbird in Amboró National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July–August and October–May, the lowest months. That is one of Amboró National Park's driest months, with about 90 mm of rain against 340 mm in January. June has too few records to rate.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-throated Antbird sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
5th of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Black-throated Antbird sightings, Amboró National Park ranks 5th at under 5%. The best odds are in Manu National Park (Peru, about 20%), Sierra de la Macarena National Park (Colombia, about 10%) and Tambopata National Reserve (Peru, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-throated Antbird is recorded against all the birds logged in Amboró National Park (7 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
