Ant-follower

The Bicoloured Antbird is an obligate ant-follower.

The ant-follower is a bird which feeds by following army ants. They take the prey that the ants have.[1] The best known ant-followers are 18 species of antbird in the family Thamnophilidae, but there are other families as well, such as cuckoos.

References

  1. Willis, E. & Y. Oniki (1978) "Birds and Army Ants" Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 9: 243–263