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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Peru · 2008
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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 Brownsberg Nature Park on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 176th most-seen of the 221 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March and October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black-throated Antbird in Brownsberg Nature Park on a given day, against under 5% in April, August–September and November–February, the lowest months. Those are among Brownsberg Nature Park's driest months, with about 110 mm of rain a month against 490 mm in May. May to July have 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.
4th of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Black-throated Antbird sightings, Brownsberg Nature Park ranks 4th 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 Brownsberg Nature Park (13 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.
