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Definition of "antbird" []

  • Any of various drab-colored South American birds of the family Thamnophilidae that feed on ants. (noun)

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Use "antbird" in a sentence
  • "The seasonal deciduous forest is a well-known center of endemism for birds, harboring two very specialized species of antbirds (slender antbird Rhophornis ardesiaca and narrow-billed antbird Formicivora iheringi)."
  • "Hylopezus berlepschi, Amazonian Antpitta an antbird"
  • "Some ant followers are versatile enough to find food by various methods, but others such as the white-plumed antbird, Pithys albifrons, and the rufous-throated antbird, Gymnopithys rufigula are specialists, depending utterly on the armies they follow."