Narrow-billed Antwren
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The Narrow-billed Antwren (Formicivora iheringi) is a species of bird
in the Thamnophilidae family.
It is endemic to eastern Brazil
where it occurs in Bahia
and Minas Gerais
states.
Its natural habitat
is deciduous
and semi-deciduous
forest between 250 and 1,050 metres above sea level.
It is threatened by habitat loss. The Narrow-billed Antwren is sometimes put in the monotypic genus Neorhopias.
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
in the Thamnophilidae family.
It is endemic to eastern Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
where it occurs in Bahia
Bahia
Bahia is one of the 26 states of Brazil, and is located in the northeastern part of the country on the Atlantic coast. It is the fourth most populous Brazilian state after São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro, and the fifth-largest in size...
and Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais is one of the 26 states of Brazil, of which it is the second most populous, the third richest, and the fourth largest in area. Minas Gerais is the Brazilian state with the largest number of Presidents of Brazil, the current one, Dilma Rousseff, being one of them. The capital is the...
states.
Its natural habitat
Habitat
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is deciduous
Deciduous
Deciduous means "falling off at maturity" or "tending to fall off", and is typically used in reference to trees or shrubs that lose their leaves seasonally, and to the shedding of other plant structures such as petals after flowering or fruit when ripe...
and semi-deciduous
Semi-deciduous
Semi-deciduous is a botanical term which refers to plants that lose part of their foliage, also Semi-deciduous plants can mean, that plants can lose their foliage for a very short period, when old leaves fall off and new foliage growth is starting. This phenomenon occurs in tropical and...
forest between 250 and 1,050 metres above sea level.
It is threatened by habitat loss. The Narrow-billed Antwren is sometimes put in the monotypic genus Neorhopias.